Exorcism and Enlightenment: Johann Joseph Gassner and the Demons of Eighteenth-Century Germany

by H.C. Erik Midelfort

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In the late eighteenth century, Catholic priest Johann Joseph Gassner (1727-1779) discovered that he had extraordinary powers of exorcism. Deciding that demons were responsible for most human ailments, he healed thousands, rich and poor, Protestant and Catholic. In this book H. C. Erik Midelfort delves deeply into records of the time to explore Gassner's remarkable exorcising campaign, chronicle the official efforts to curb him, and reconstruct the...

Format:Hardcover

Language:English

ISBN:0300106696

ISBN13:9780300106695

Release Date:July 2005

Publisher:Yale University Press

Length:240 Pages

Weight:0.90 lbs.

Dimensions:0.8" x 6.0" x 8.6"

Related Subjects

Biographical Biographies Biographies & History Biography & History Ethnic & National Europe Germany History Ireland Irish

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