The Demonology of William of Auvergne [electronic resource] : By Fire and Sword

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Mayo, Thomas B. de.

Series:

Hors serie The demonology of William of Auvergne

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Demonology.

William, of Auvergne, Bishop of Paris, d. 1249.

William, of Auvergne, Bishop of Paris, 1180-1249.

William.

Local Subjects:

Demonology.

William, of Auvergne, Bishop of Paris, d. 1249.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (259 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Lewiston : The Edwin Mellen Press, 2007.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This book examines the demonology of William of Auvergne, to determine why and how he constructed his theories out of contemporary lore about demons and other spirits. William was a master of theology in the University of Paris and bishop of Paris from 1228 until his death in 1249, a position in which he served as a major advisor to the young Louis IX. With his demonology he sought to impose an order he considered doctrinally acceptable onto the turbulence of early thirteenth-century France.

Contents:

Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Foreword; Acknowledgements; Introduction "By Fire and Sword"; William of Auvergne's Demons; Historiography; The Plan of the Work; Chapter 1; William of Auvergne and the Making of High Medieval France; Early Life; The Economic Basis of Change; The French Monarchy in William's Youth; Religious Enthusiasm and Dissent; Study in Paris; The Role and Development of the University; The New Learning in General; William and Necromancy; From Philip Augustus to Louis IX; The Albigensian Crusade; The Friars; William at the Cathedral; Election as Bishop

University Revolt and the FriarsHigh Politics; Anecdotes about William; Learning, Censure and the Cure of Souls; Heresy; Condemnation of the Talmud; Crusade; Conclusion; Chapter 2; A Universe Filled with Powers; Definitions; Nature and Supernature in Thirteenth-Century Thought; Belief, Story and Theory; Manifestations of a Christian Universe; Sacred Kingship and Providential Power; Astrology; Marvels: A Miscellany of the Strange; Magic; Spirits; Conclusion; Chapter 3; "We are Legion"; Diverse Demons; Demons Old and New; Christian Concepts; Fallen Angels; Tempters; Possession

Prisoners and Punishers in HellSources of Magic, Familiars of Magicians; Begetters of Idolatry, Heresy and False Belief; Spirits of Nature; Stellar Orders; Earthly Orders; Mysterious Beings; Threatening Apparitions; Sexual Partners, Harassers, and Procreators; Good Demons; Demons as the Dead; Conclusion; Chapter 4; Demonic Intent, Nature and Powers; The Suspicion of Idolatry; Worship; By Fire and Sword; Bodiless, Corrupted and Bound: Demonic Nature; Incorporeality Asserted, Airy Bodies Denied; Corruption of Demonic Minds and Emotions; Demonic Hierarchy; Demons in the Air, on Earth and in Hell

Demons and the PlanetsDemons on Earth; Demons in Hell; Demonic Powers; Carrying Saints by the Hair: Demons and the Physical; Natural Magic; Demons and the Human Composite: Illusions & Possession; Possession; Illusion; Restrictions; Demons Subject to the Natural; Divine Permission; Conclusion; Chapter 5; Generation and Divination; William's Interpretive Matrix; The Demonic Production of Life; The Magical Generation of Animals; Sexual Generation; Fingernails and the Soul; The Relevance of Fingernails; The Errors of Plato; Natural and Divine Access to Illumination; Demons and Visions; Conclusion

Chapter 6Terrors and Apparitions:; The Wild Hunt and Female Spirits; The Wild Hunt; The Nature of the Wild Hunt; Hallucinations; Demonic Illusions; Corporeal Revenants Denied; Purgatorial Souls-Vision and Actuality; Ambiguity of Causation; Women, Female Spirits, and Night Terrors; The Wild Hunt and Female Spirits; The White Ladies; The Paradoxical Masculinity of Sexless Angels; Night-terrors and Sudden Death; Conclusion; Conclusion; Synthesis and Censure; The Relevance of Demonology; Final Thoughts; Bibliography; Manuscripts; Primary Sources; Secondary Sources; Index

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ISBN:

0-7734-2103-3

OCLC:

787843428