On this show we talk with Brian Levack, the John E. Green Regents Professor in History at the University of Texas, Austin. His recent book is The Devil Within: Possession and Exorcism in the Christian West. From Amazon: “In the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, the era of the Reformation, thousands of Europeans were thought to be possessed by demons. In response to their horrifying symptoms—violent convulsions Continue reading →

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