A Companion to the Devil and Demons, Circa 1100-1750

Erscheinungsjahr 2025
ISBN: 978-90-04-38945-8
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Englisch, Band 111, 554 Seiten, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 235 mm

Reihe: Brill's Companions to the Christian Tradition

For medieval and early modern Europeans, the Devil and his demonic minions were seen as increasingly active. They tempted monks, tortured the unwary, and conspired against humanity. Waves of heresy, plague, famine and religious division were their products, and they formed unholy alliances foreshadowing the approaching Apocalypse and End Times.

Bringing together 18 internationally-recognized specialists, A Companion to the Devil and Demons explores the latest research on premodern European beliefs about the Devil and demons. With chapters ranging from scholastic and necromantic perceptions of demons to the place of demons within witch trials, connections between demons and non-human beings, and media spreading ideas about demons, it argues for the centrality and durability of “demon knowledge” in European culture.

Contributors include Philip C. Almond, Robin B. Barnes, Dean Phillip Bell, Michelle D. Brock, Fabián Alejandro Campagne, David J. Collins, SJ, Ismael del Olmo, Kathryn A. Edwards, Lizanne Henderson, David Johannes Olszynski, Richard Raiswell, Juanita Feros Ruys, James Sharpe, Julien Véronèse, Rita Voltmer, Hans de Waardt, Gary K. Waite, and Charles Zika.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Edwards, Kathryn a

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Christentum, Christliche Theologie Praktische Theologie Christliches Leben & Praxis
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtswissenschaft Allgemein
• Geisteswissenschaften Christentum, Christliche Theologie Praktische Theologie Liturgik, Christliche Anbetung, Sakramente, Rituale, Feiertage
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Alte Geschichte & Archäologie Vor- und Frühgeschichte, prähistorische Archäologie

Über Autor(innen)

Kathryn A. Edwards, Ph.D., University of South Carolina, is Professor of History and the author or editor of many books and articles on late medieval and early modern European society and traditional beliefs, including the forthcoming Living with Ghosts: The Dead in European Society from the Middle Ages to the Enlightenment.