Description
This book for the first time tells the full story of the Anglican Church's approach to demonology and the exorcist's ritual since the Reformation in the sixteenth century. The author explains how and why how such a remarkable transformation in the Church's attitude to the rite of exorcism took place, while also setting his subject against the canvas of the wider history of ideas.
Author: Francis Young
Publisher: Continnuum-3PL
Published: 12/26/2019
Pages: 272
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.70lbs
Size: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.57d
ISBN13: 9780567692931
ISBN10: 0567692930
BISAC Categories:
- Religion | Christian Church | History
- Religion | Christian Rituals & Practice | General
- Body, Mind & Spirit | Occultism
About the Author
A foremost authority on the history of religion and of esoteric practice, especially in eastern England, Francis Young gained a PhD in history from the University of Cambridge and is a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society. He is the author and editor of several previous books. These include English Catholics and the Supernatural, 1553-1829 (2013), The Gages of Hengrave and Suffolk Catholicism, 1640-1767 (2015), The Abbey of Bury St Edmunds: History, Legacy and Discovery (2016), Catholic East Anglia: A History of the Catholic Faith in Norfolk, Suffolk, Cambridgeshire and Peterborough (2016), A History of Exorcism in Catholic Christianity (2016), Magic as a Political Crime in Medieval and Early Modern England (I.B.Tauris. 2017) and Edmund: In Search of England's Lost King (I.B.Tauris, 2018). He broadcasts regularly for the BBC on historical and religious topics.