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A Case of Witchcraft; The Trial of Urbain Grandier
by Rapley, Robert
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Fine in very good dust jacket. Light jacket surface blemishing.
- ISBN 10
- 0773517162
- ISBN 13
- 9780773517165
- Seller
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Newport, New Hampshire, United States
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About This Item
Montreal / London / Buffalo.: McGill-Queen's University Press., 1998. No print line.. Hard cover. Fine in very good dust jacket. Light jacket surface blemishing.. Drummond, David (Jacket designed by).. 1 Gray paper over boards. 277 p. Archival reprint B&W illustrations. 24 cm. Audience: General/trade. An historic tale of a Catholic priest, Urbain Grandier, 1590-1634, in the Loudun community and in local government, who was popular but had enemies like Cardinal Richelieu and Louis XIII. The powerful wanted to wrest local power into their circle, and so they were at odds with Grandier. When convent nuns began experimenting with hallucinations and other visions, Grandier's enemies seized on the opportunity, scheming for his downfall. Themes: Demonic possession, witchcraft trials.
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- Hedgehog's Whimsey Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- Alibris.C0950010186
- Title
- A Case of Witchcraft; The Trial of Urbain Grandier
- Author
- Rapley, Robert
- Illustrator
- Drummond, David (Jacket designed by).
- Format/Binding
- Hard cover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine in very good dust jacket. Light jacket surface blemishing.
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- No print line.
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0773517162
- ISBN 13
- 9780773517165
- Publisher
- McGill-Queen's University Press.
- Place of Publication
- Montreal / London / Buffalo.
- Date Published
- 1998
- Keywords
- Cardinal Richelieu and Louis XIII|Demonic possession, witchcraft trials
- Bookseller catalogs
- Religions;
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