The devil : a new biography /

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Author / Creator:Almond, Philip C., author.
Imprint:Ithaca, New York : Cornell University Press, 2014.
©2014
Description:1 online resource (305 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations
Language:English
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Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11236037
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ISBN:9780801471872
0801471877
0857734881
9780857734884
9780801453373
0801453372
Digital file characteristics:text file PDF
Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
In English.
Print version record.
Summary:"In The Devil, Philip C. Almond explores the figure of evil incarnate from the first centuries of the Christian era. Along the way, he describes the rise of demonology as an intellectual and theological pursuit, the persecution as witches of women believed to consort with the Devil and his minions, and the decline in the belief in Hell and in angels and demons as corporeal beings as a result of the Enlightenment. Almond shows that the Prince of Darkness remains an irresistible subject in history, religion, art, literature, and culture."--
Other form:Print version: Almond, Philip C. Devil : a new biography. Ithaca, New York : Cornell University Press, ©2014 xviii, 270 pages 9780801453373
Standard no.:10.7591/9780801471872