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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| Format: | Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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Oxford
Oxford University Press
[2015]
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| In: | Year: 2015 |
| Edition: | First edition |
| Series/Journal: | A British Academy postdoctoral fellowship monograph
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| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Delrío, Martín Antonio 1551-1608
/ Demonology
B Delrío, Martín Antonio 1551-1608, Disquisitiones magicae / History 1445-1648 |
| Further subjects: | 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 |
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| Summary: | 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 |
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| Item Description: | Literaturverzeichnis: Seite [386]-434 Published for The British Academy by Oxford University Press |
| ISBN: | 0197265804 |