Project Gutenberg 2014-03-31 Public domain in the USA. 177 Des Niau Goldsmid, Edmund Goldsmid, Edmund Marsden The History of the Devils of Loudun, Volumes I-III The Alleged Possession of the Ursuline Nuns, and the Trial and Execution of Urbain Grandier, Told by an Eye-witness Produced by Chris Curnow, Eleni Christofaki and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive) "The History of the Devils of Loudun, Volumes I-III" by Des Niau is a historical account written in the late 19th century. The work is centered on the infamous case of Urbain Grandier, a curate accused of witchcraft and responsible for the possession of Ursuline nuns in Loudun, France. Through firsthand testimony, the book delves into the trials, the social climate of the time, and the implications of these events on the community, particularly focusing on themes of morality, power, and religious fervor. The opening of this work introduces Urbain Grandier, a controversial cleric whose popularity leads to multiple accusations and trials for alleged immoral conduct and witchcraft. As local tensions rise, particularly following the arrival of a new convent of Ursuline nuns, strange occurrences begin to unfold within the community, leading to claims of demonic possession among the nuns. The narrative details the investigations conducted by church authorities and the broader societal implications of the events, showcasing the intersection of faith, social intrigue, and drama, thus setting the stage for a complex tale of accusation and belief in the supernatural. (This is an automatically generated summary.) file:///public/vhost/g/gutenberg/html/files/45282/45282-h/images/facsimilecover.jpg en Grandier, Urbain, 1590-1634 Couvent des Ursulines (Loudun, France) Demoniac possession BF Text Browsing: History - Religious Browsing: Philosophy & Ethics Browsing: Religion/Spirituality/Paranormal 219802 219810 2024-09-19T05:08:45.974197 2023-09-19T16:21:13.302337 text/html text/html 217534 2014-03-31T13:50:24 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 388149 2014-03-31T13:50:26 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 411000 2024-09-19T05:08:49.988239 application/epub+zip 411454 2024-09-19T05:08:46.716194 application/epub+zip 139848 2024-09-19T05:08:46.332239 application/epub+zip 486065 2024-09-19T05:08:52.831243 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 458094 2024-09-19T05:08:49.600241 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 187894 2022-09-20T16:38:09.566721 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 188362 188154 2024-09-19T05:08:45.476223 2023-09-19T16:21:12.916329 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 188275 2014-03-31T13:50:24 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 72829 2014-03-31T13:50:24 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 188272 2014-03-31T13:50:24 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 72754 2014-03-31T13:50:24 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 20857 2024-09-19T05:08:52.969194 application/rdf+xml 16142 2024-09-19T05:08:46.409193 image/jpeg 2754 2024-09-19T05:08:46.371234 image/jpeg 400729 2024-09-19T05:08:46.018196 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog