THE CHEATS AND ILLUSIONS Of Romish Priests And Exorcists, Discover'd In The History Of The Devil Of Loudun.Account Of The Pretended Possession Of The Ursuline Nuns.

(Aubin, Nicolas)

Verlag: W. Turner: London, 1703

Beschreibung

7.5 x 5", blindstamped full leather, raised bands, gilt lettering, (6) 331 + ads. Covers/spine worn, scuffed and scraped, edgeworn, corners bumped and worn, rear outer/inner hinge cracked, contemporary ink name (Charles du Bois, perhaps the former treasurer of the East India Company and a naturalist), contemporary ink notes pertaining to the book on a rear blank page and on the next page the notes continue in a later hand in pencil, title page toned and soiled else good to very good condition. In the 1630s in the French town of Loudun was a convent of Usuline nuns was supposedly possessed by demons. The instigator was supposedly Fatehr Urbain Grandier who arrived in Loudon in 1617 to be the convent's spiritual director. Father Grandier was tried and convicted "of the crime of magic, maleficia, and of causing demonical possessions" by the Catholic Church and despite his protestations he was tortured and burned at the stake. The Protestant pastor, Nicolas Aubin, also of Loudun and other Protestants found this to be very disturbing and saw it as an example of misguided Catholic brutality. From the dedication "The following Sheets contain an Account.of the Malice and Revengeful Spirit of Popish Priests.and of the Sinister and Diabolical Methods whereby a Convent of Ursuline Nuns established themselves in the Town of Loudun". First published in French in 1653, this is the FIRST ENGLISH LANGUAGE EDITION. Extremely SCARCE. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 22-4924

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Titel: THE CHEATS AND ILLUSIONS Of Romish Priests ...

Verlag: W. Turner: London

Erscheinungsdatum: 1703

Einband: Hardcover

Zustand: Very Good