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The possession of Barbe Hallay : diabolical arts and daily life in early Canada / Mairi Cowan.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Cowan, Mairi, 1974- author.
- Series:
- McGill-Queen's Studies in Early Canada / Avant le Canada
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Hallay, Barbe.
- Demoniac possession.
- Canada--History--To 1763 (New--France).
- Canada.
- Genre:
- History.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (293 pages)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Montreal, Quebec : McGill-Queen's University Press, [2022]
- Summary:
- When strange signs appeared in the sky over Québec in 1660, people grew worried about the arrival of evil forces. Barbe Hallay, a teenaged servant, started to act as if possessed, and a miller accused of using dark arts to torment her was executed. Mairi Cowan explores this case of demonic infestation to understand the everyday experiences and deep anxieties of people in New France.
- Contents:
- Front Matter
- Contents
- Figures
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Abbreviations
- Introduction
- Across the Atlantic
- The Servant, the Miller, and the Infested Seigneurie
- Missionary Demonologists
- A Deliverance from Demons
- To the Other Shore
- Conclusion
- Glossary
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index
- Notes:
- Description based on print version record.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- Other Format:
- Print version: Cowan, Mairi The Possession of Barbe Hallay
- ISBN:
- 9780228014997
- 0228014999
- 9780228014980
- 0228014980
- OCLC:
- 1344540979
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