Sarah Ferber. Demonic Possession and Exorcism in Early Modern France.(Book review) From: Magic, Ritual, and Witchcraft | Date: June 22, 2008| Author: Mollenauer, Lynn Wood | COPYRIGHT 2008 University of Pennsylvania Press. 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

SARAH FERBER. Demonic Possession and Exorcism in Early Modern France. London and New York: Routledge, 2004. Pp. ix + 227.

Sarah Ferber's incisive, well-written, and exhaustively researched monograph is a fascinating addition to the field of early modern history. It appears at a time when the publication of a host of new texts has signaled a renewal of scholarly interest in the role of diabolic possession in the premodern world: Philip C. Almond, Demonic Possession and Ex...