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The Medieval Devil
A Reader
Richard Raiswell (Edited by), David R. Winter (Edited by)
9781442634169
Paperback / softback, published 12 July 2022
424 pages, 12 b&w illustrations
22.6 x 15.2 x 2.8 cm, 0.48 kg
"This certainly seems to be a book that might entice one to develop a new course." - Eileen Gardiner, University of Bristol (Medieval Sermon Studies)
The Medieval Devil is a unique collection of primary sources that examines the development of medieval society through the lens of how people perceived the devil. In exploring where and how Europeans discerned his presence, detected his machinations, and sought to counter his actions, readers will be afforded a new and important point of entry into medieval history. Each chapter begins with an introduction to familiarize readers with critical issues and to contextualize the primary sources against broader developments of the period. Questions for discussion and reflection, twelve black-and-white illustrations, and a short bibliography are included.
Acknowledgments Chapter One: Sources for the Medieval Devil 1. The Serpent and the Fall of Humanity Chapter Two: Development of a Narrative 12. The Subversion of Humanity Chapter Three: Forging a Community 23. The Problem of Idols Chapter Four: The Early Monastic Devil 34. A "Proto-Monk" is Assaulted by Demons in the Wilderness Chapter Five: The Devil and Feudal Society 42. The Demonic Pact of St Cyprian Chapter Six: The Devil’s Domain 50. The Development of Hell Chapter Seven: Varieties of Possession and Exorcism 58. Biblical Possessions Chapter Eight: Demonizations 68. The Origins of Islam Chapter Nine: Theorizing the Devil and Society in the High Middle Ages 78. The Devil as Nullity Chapter Ten: Experiencing the Devil in Word and Image 86. The Miracle of Theophilus Chapter Eleven: Towards the Early Modern Age 91. Working with Demons Bibliography
Preface
2. The Sons of God and the Giants
3. Satan as God’s Agent
4. The Fall of Lucifer?
5. God as the Creator of Evil?
6. Satan as Spy and Tester
7. The Demons of Ancient Greece
8. Rabbinical Teachings on the Devil
9. Satan Reappears
10. The Homicidal Liar
11. Fall of Lucifer Revisited
13. Mastêmâ the Devil?
14. Interrogating Genesis
15. Eve’s Perspective of Humanity’s Fall
16. Gnostic Dualism
17. Did God Create Evil?
18. A Worldly Prince as the Devil?
19. Devil as Kidnapper
20. Sympathy for the Devil
21. A Perverse Power, Hostile to Truth
22. A Proto-Demonology?
24. The Betrayal and Trial of Jesus
25. The Susceptibility of Women to the Devil
26. The Death of the Old Religion
27. The Problem of Magic
28. Survival of the Old Religion
29. Alexander Encounters Gog and Magog
30. Dealing with Unorthodox Views
31. Policing Practice
32. The Possibility of Demonic Night Flight?
33. A Sorceress and Her Demons
35. Saint Martin of Tours Fights the Devil
36. Why Can Demons Do Such Great Things?
37. Bishop Narcissus Sees a Horrible Demon
38. Stable Hands Pray to the Devil
39. Demonic Stratagems in the Carolingian World
40. The Monastery as a Fortress against the Devil
41. Besieged by Demons
43. The Pope Makes a Pact with the Devil
44. The Man of Sin
45. Demonic Vassalage
46. The Devil as Feudal Lord
47. The Life of Antichrist
48. The Devil’s Churchmen
49. Trial by Landscape
51. The Harrowing of Hell
52. The Geography of Hell
53. An Anglo-Saxon Monk Recounts a Vision of Hell
54. Hell at Sea
55. A Maiden Views Hell
56. An Urban Hell
57. Dante’s Vision of the Structure of Hell
59. Exorcisms by the Disciples
60. Two Early Forms of Exorcism
61. Dispossession by Person
62. Dispossession by Objects
63. Baptism
64. Formalizing Dispossession
65. Protection and Charms against Demonic Incursions
66. Breaking the Devil’s Hold
67. Divine Possession, Gender, and Politics
69. A Scholar Explains Islam
70. Clerical Sodomy
71. The Blood Libel
72. Diabolized History
73. Devil-Worshipping Heretics?
74. Rooting Out Heresy
75. Hordes from the East
76. Satan’s Knights?
77. A Panorama of Pain
79. A Scholastic Theologian Wrestles with Demonic Bodies
80. The Devil Makes His Case
81. Contemplating the Devil’s Place in Nature
82. A Preacher’s Stories about the Devil
83. Demons in Monastic Training Manuals
84. Various Exempla Demons from the British Isles
85. An Anonymous Preacher Allegorizes Hell
87. An Alternative Creation Story
88. Demonic Horseplay
89. Antichrist Takes the Stage
90. Images of the Devil
92. Magic, Demons, and Heresy
93. The Church of Antichrist
94. The Problem of Satan as an "Angel of Light"
95. Interrogators’ Views of Joan of Arc
96. The Synagogue of Satan
97. Merging Traditions
98. Toward the Witch Hunts
Index