The Demonic Side of Witchcraft.(Discerning Spirits: Divine and Demonic Possession in the Middle Ages)(Demon Lovers: Witchcraft, Sex, and the Crisis of Belief)(Demonic Possession and Exorcism in Early Modern England: Contemporary Texts and Their Cultural Contexts)(Witchcraft and Society in England and America, 1550-1750)(Book review) From: CLIO | Date: June 22, 2006| Author: Traister, Barbara H. | COPYRIGHT 2006 Indiana University, Purdue University of Fort Wayne. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

Discerning Spirits: Divine and Demonic Possession in the Middle Ages. By Nancy Caciola. Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 2003. xvi + 327 pages.

Demon Lovers: Witchcraft, Sex, and the Crisis of Belief. By Walter Stephens. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2002. xv + 451 pages.

Demonic Possession and Exorcism in Early Modern England: Contemporary Texts and their Cultural Contexts. Edited by Philip C. Almond. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2004. x + ...

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