The devils of Loudun
Huxley, Aldous, 1894-19632005
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This text is a gripping account of Urbain Grandier, parson of the French town of Loudun, who was tortured and burned at the stake in 1634. It is full of details of witchcraft, gruesome exorcisms and the superstitions of an age haunted by devils. A gripping biography by the author of Brave New WorldIn 1634 Urbain Grandier, a handsome and dissolute priest of the parish of Loudun was tried, tortured and burnt at the stake. He had been found guilty of conspiring with the devil to seduce an entire convent of nuns. Grandier maintained his innocence to the end but four years after his death the nuns were still being subjected to exorcisms to free them from their demonic bondage. Huxley's vivid account of this bizarre tale of religious and sexual obsession transforms our understanding of the medieval world.
Main title:
The devils of Loudun / Aldous Huxley.
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Edition:
[New ed.] / with an introduction by David Bradshaw.
Imprint:
London : Vintage, 2005.
Collation:
xiv, 376 p. : ill. ; 20 cm.
Notes:
This ed. originally published: London: Flamingo, 1994.Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN:
9780099477761 (pbk)
Dewey class:
133.42609
Language:
English
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BRN:
2867384