Part Ii : * "The Devils of Loudun", by Edmund Goldsmid, [1887], p. 5 PART II THE declaration of the Evil Spirit could not to make a great commotion, and to have results which required precautions to be taken at once. The Canon, like a wise man, put himself in communication with Justice, and informed...
Part Iii : * "The Devils of Loudun", by Edmund Goldsmid, [1887], PART III. ON Friday the 23rd of June, 1634, about three o'clock in the afternoon, the Bishop of Poitiers and M. de Laubardemont being present, Grandier was brought from his prison to the Church of Ste. Croix in his parish, to be present...
Untitled : * This is an account of the possesion of the nuns of Loudun. In 1634 the Ursuline nuns of Loudon were allegedly possessed by demons. This is one of the largest cases of mass possession in history. Father Urbain Grandier, a local priest, was interrogated under torture, convicted of being...
Introduction : * "The Devils of Loudun", by Edmund Goldsmid, [1887], p. 7 INTRODUCTION THE following extraordinary account of the "Cause Clbre" of Urbain Grandier, the "Cur" of Loudun, accused of Magic and of having caused the Nuns of the Convent of Saint Ursula to be possessed of devils, is written by...
Part I : * "The Devils of Loudun", by Edmund Goldsmid, [1887], p. 20 p. 21 AT the beginning of the 17th century, the curate of Loudun was Urbain Grandier. To those talents which lead to success in this world, this man united a corruption of morals which dishonoured his character. His conduct had made him...
Appendices. Appendix Ii : * "The Devils of Loudun", by Edmund Goldsmid, [1887], p. 39 p. 40 APPENDIX II. [The following Notes are taken from Arnot's Collection of Criminal Trials in Scotland]:-- 1588. "Alison Pearson". Alison Pearson in Byre-hills, Fifeshire, * was convicted of practising sorcery, and of invoking the Devil...
Title Page : * "The Devils of Loudun", by Edmund Goldsmid, [1887], [COLLECTANEA ADAMANTA.--XXI.] THE HISTORY OF THE Devils of Loudun, The Alleged Possession of the Ursuline Nuns, and the Trial and Execution Urbain Grandier, TOLD BY AN EYE-WITNESS. TRANSLATED FROM THE ORIGINAL FRENCH, AND Edited by EDMUND...
Appendices. Appendix I : * "The Devils of Loudun", by Edmund Goldsmid, [1887], p. 28 p. 29 APPENDICES. APPENDIX I. THE DUKE OF LAUDERDALE ON WITCHCRAFT. Instances sent me (Baxter) from the Duke of Lauderdale; more in other Letters of his I gave away, and some Books of Forreign Wonders he sent me. Sir, It is sad th...
