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

by H.C. Erik Midelfort

Book Overview

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... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• 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"