Demons, Saints, and the Mad in the Twelfth-Century Miracles of Thomas Becket

Claire Trenery

Demons, Saints, and the Mad in the Twelfth-Century Miracles of Thomas Becket

In: Demons and Illness from Antiquity to the Early-Modern Period

Author: Claire Trenery

Page Count:: 339–356

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1163/9789004338548_019

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Demons and Illness from Antiquity to the Early-Modern Period

Series:
Magical and Religious Literature of Late Antiquity, Volume: 5

E-Book ISBN:: 9789004338531

Publisher:: Brill

Online Publication Date:: 01 Jan 2017

Preliminary Material

Introduction

Shifting Alignments: The Dichotomy of Benevolent and Malevolent Demons in Mesopotamia

The Natural and Supernatural Aspects of Fever in Mesopotamian Medical Texts

Illness as Divine Punishment: The Nature and Function of the Disease-Carrier Demons in the Ancient Egyptian Magical Texts

Demons at Work in Ancient Mesopotamia

Demons and Illness in Second Temple Judaism: Theory and Practice

Illness and Healing through Spell and Incantation in the Dead Sea Scrolls

Conceptualizing Demons in Late Antique Judaism

Oneiric Aggressive Magic: Sleep Disorders in Late Antique Jewish Tradition

The Influence of Demons on the Human Mind according to Athenagoras and Tatian

Demonic Anti-Music and Spiritual Disorder in the Life of Antony

Over-Eating Demoniacs in Late Antique Hagiography

Miracles and Madness: Dispelling Demons in Twelfth-Century Hagiography

Demons in Lapidaries? The Evidence of the Madrid ms Escorial, h.I.15

The Melancholy of the Necromancer in Arnau de Vilanova’s Epistle against Demonic Magic

Demons, Illness, and Spiritual Aids in Natural Magic and Image Magic

Between Medicine and Magic: Spiritual Aetiology and Therapeutics in Medieval Islam

Demons, Saints, and the Mad in the Twelfth-Century Miracles of Thomas Becket

The Post-Reformation Challenge to Demonic Possession

From A Discoverie to The Triall of Witchcraft: Doctor Cotta and Godly John

Healing with Demons? Preternatural Philosophy and Superstitious Cures in Spanish Inquisitorial Courts

Afterword: Pandaemonium

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Demons, Saints, and the Mad in the Twelfth-Century Miracles of Thomas Becket

Demons and Illness from Antiquity to the Early-Modern Period

Series: Magical and Religious Literature of Late Antiquity, Volume: 5

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