Fallen Angels: Balthasar Bekker, Spirit Belief, and Confessionalism in the Seventeenth Century Dutch Republic

by A. Fix

Book Overview

Dutch Reformed pastor Balthasar Bekker (1634-1698) has long been recognized as a key figure in the end of the witchcraft persecutions in early modern Europe. With the publication of his monumental four-volume work The World Bewitched Bekker argued against the temporal activity of the devil and evil spirits as well as against the reality of witchcraft, sorcery, and spirit possession. Yet Bekker's ideas drew opposition from Dutch Reformed clergymen...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0792358767
• ISBN13: 9780792358763
• Release Date: September 1999
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 184 Pages
• Weight: 0.98 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.1" x 9.2"