Martin Delrio: demonology and scholarship in the Counter-Reformation

Recovers the wider scholarship of Jesuit Martin Delrio (1551-1608), beyond his Disquisitiones magicae, revealing his influence on early modern cultural, religious, and intellectual history, despite his later reputation for credulity and cruelty as attitudes towards witchcraft changed

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Auteur principal: Machielsen, Jan 1984- (Auteur)
Type de support: Imprimé Livre
Langue:Anglais
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Publié: Oxford Oxford University Press [2015]
Dans:Année: 2015
Édition:First edition
Collection/Revue:A British Academy postdoctoral fellowship monograph
Sujets / Chaînes de mots-clés standardisés:B Delrío, Martín Antonio 1551-1608 / Démonologie
B Delrío, Martín Antonio 1551-1608, Disquisitiones magicae / Histoire 1445-1648
Sujets non-standardisés:B Counter-Reformation
B Catholic Church and humanism
B Church History 16th century
B Demonology History 16th century
B Del Rio, Martin Antoine (1551-1608)
B Del Rio, Martin Antoine (1551-1608) Knowledge Demonology
Accès en ligne: Inhaltsverzeichnis (Verlag)
Inhaltsverzeichnis (Verlag)
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Édition parallèle:Électronique
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Résumé:Recovers the wider scholarship of Jesuit Martin Delrio (1551-1608), beyond his Disquisitiones magicae, revealing his influence on early modern cultural, religious, and intellectual history, despite his later reputation for credulity and cruelty as attitudes towards witchcraft changed
Identities. Magistrate ; Jesuit ; Friend -- Humanism. The spoils of Egypt ; Youthful adversaries ; A tale of two Senecas ; Emendation, divination ; Historical drama -- Demonology. A web of demons ; A textual science ; Trials and tribulations -- Theology. The Virgin and the word ; Vehement vituperation -- Epilogue : life after life
Description:Literaturverzeichnis: Seite [386]-434
Published for The British Academy by Oxford University Press
ISBN:0197265804