A Companion to the Devil and Demons, c.1100–1750

Buch | Hardcover

556 Seiten

2025 | 540 pages, 24 full-color illustrations
Brill (Verlag)
9789004389458 (ISBN)

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Bringing together 18 internationally recognized specialists, A Companion to the Devil and Demons provides the latest research on beliefs about the Devil and demons in late medieval and early modern Europe, a period when these ideas greatly influenced society, religion, and politics.

For medieval and early modern Europeans, the Devil and his demonic minions were seen as increasingly active. They tempted monks, tortured the unwary, and conspired against humanity. They were responsible for waves of heresy, plague, famine, and religious division, and they formed unholy alliances foreshadowing the approaching Apocalypse and End Times.

Bringing together eighteen internationally recognized specialists, A Companion to the Devil and Demons explores the latest research on premodern European beliefs about the Devil and demons. With chapters ranging from scholastic and necromantic perceptions of demons to the place of demons within witch trials, connections between demons and non-human beings, and media that spread ideas about demons, it argues for the centrality and durability of “demon knowledge” in European culture.

Contributors to this volume: Philip C. Almond, Robin B. Barnes, Dean Phillip Bell, Michelle D. Brock, Fabián Alejandro Campagne, David J. Collins, SJ, Ismael del Olmo, Kathryn A. Edwards, Lizanne Henderson, David Johannes Olszynski, Richard Raiswell, Juanita Feros Ruys, James Sharpe, Julien Véronèse, Rita Voltmer, Hans de Waardt, Gary K. Waite, and Charles Zika.

Kathryn A. Edwards, Ph.D., is Professor of History at the University of South Carolina and the author or editor of numerous books and articles on late medieval and early modern European society and traditional beliefs, including the forthcoming Living with Ghosts: The Dead in European Society from the Middle Ages to the Enlightenment.

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Abbreviations

Notes on Contributors

1 Introduction

Kathryn A. Edwards

Part 1: The Medieval Intellectual Foundation

2 The Realms of the Demonic

Philip C. Almond

3 Demons in Medieval Monasticism

Juanita Feros Ruys

4 Demons in Medieval Scholasticism

Kathryn A. Edwards

5 Necromancy and the Demonic

Julien Véronèse

Part 2: Demons of the Confessional Era

6 The Devil in the Reformations

Gary K. Waite

7 Demons and Angels

David Johannes Olszynski

8 Discerning Spirits

Fabián Alejandro Campagne

9 Possession and Exorcism

Ismael del Olmo

Part 3: Interpreting Demons in Daily Life

10 Demons in Early Modern Judaism

Dean Phillip Bell

11 The Demonic and Non-human Beings

Lizanne Henderson

12 Demons and “Those Who Return”

Kathryn A. Edwards

13 Prodigies, Providence, and the Devil

Robin B. Barnes

Part 4: Demons, Witchcraft, and Science

14 Early Modern Demonologies

David J. Collins, SJ

15 The Demonic and Witchcraft

Hans de Waardt

16 The Devil in Nature

Richard Raiswell

17 Skepticism and the Demonic

Michelle D. Brock

Part 5: Depicting Demons

18 The Devil from the Pulpit

Rita Voltmer

19 Demons and the Popular Press

James Sharpe

20 The Devil in Visual Media

Charles Zika

Bibliography

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Erscheinungsdatum	02.09.2025
Reihe/Serie	Brill's Companions to the Christian Tradition ; 111
Verlagsort	Leiden
Sprache	englisch
Maße	155 x 235 mm
Gewicht	1045 g
Themenwelt	Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Mittelalter
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Religion / Theologie ► Weitere Religionen
ISBN-13	9789004389458 / 9789004389458
Zustand	Neuware