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Mar 31, 2014 · You may copy it, give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.org Title: The History of the Devils of Loudun, Volumes I-III The Alleged Possession of the Ursuline Nuns, and the Trial and Execution of Urbain Grandier, Told by an Eye-witness Author: Unknown Editor: Edmund Goldsmid Translator: Edmund Goldsmid ...
It is a historical narrative of supposed demonic possession, religious fanaticism, sexual repression, and mass hysteria that occurred in 17th-century France surrounding unexplained events that took place in the small town of Loudun. It centers on Roman Catholic priest Urbain Grandier and an entire convent of Ursuline nuns, who allegedly became ...
- Aldous Huxley
- 1952
Aug 8, 2024 · In 1634 Urbain Grandier, a handsome and dissolute priest of the parish of Loudun was tried, tortured and burnt at the stake. He had been found guilty of conspiring with the devil to seduce an entire convent of nuns in what was the most sensational case of mass possession and sexual hysteria in history. Grandier maintained his innocence to the ...
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In Aldous Huxley's gripping historical account, 'The Devils of Loudun', step into the tumultuous world of 17th-century France, where demonic possession, religious fanaticism, and mass hysteria intertwine.
THE DEVILS OF LOUDUN June, 1954. religious life, but was endowed with an enormous amount of pride. Not wealthy enough to procure herself a husband, the convent offered. the only solution. Nevertheless, she found some consolation in her. appointment as superior of the Ursuline house at Loudun. Not.
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The devils of Loudun. [Aldous Huxley] -- In this classic work, a remarkable true story of religious and sexual obsession is clarified and brought to vivid life ...
