The Devils of Loudun
of Aldous Huxley
Description
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 end and four years after his death the nuns were still being subjected to exorcisms to free them from their demonic bondage. Huxley's vivid account of this bizarre tale of religious and sexual obsession transforms our understanding of the medieval world.
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Book Details
- Format Paperback
- Pages 400 pages
- Publisher Vintage Classics
- Publication Date April 7th 2005
- First Publication 10/29/52
- Language English
- ISBN 9999999999999
- Edition Not informed
- Category History & Politics
- Scenario ['Loudun (France)']
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