Document Type
Monograph
Description
Anglo-Saxon England was a society governed by the competing discourses of illness, spirituality, power, and community. The concepts of demon possession and exorcism, introduced by Christian missionaries, provided a potential outlet for expressing the psychological, biological, and sociopolitical dysfunctions of a society that was at the center of multiple conflicting cultural dimensions.
Demon Possession in Anglo-Saxon England is a reexamination of the available sources describing the possessed and a study of the currently recognized medical and psychiatric conditions that may be relevant to and resemble medieval possession.
Publication Date
1-22-2015
Publisher
Medieval Institute Publications
City
Kalamazoo
ISBN
9781580441698
Keywords
Anglo-Saxon England, Psychiatric Disorders in History
Disciplines
History of Science, Technology, and Medicine | Medieval History | Medieval Studies
Citation for Published Book
Dendle, Peter. Demon Possession in Anglo-Saxon England. Kalamazoo, MI: Medieval Institute Publications, 2015.
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History of Science, Technology, and Medicine Commons, Medieval History Commons, Medieval Studies Commons
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