Martin Delrio : demonology and scholarship in the Counter-Reformation / Jan Machielsen.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Machielsen, Johannes M., 1984- author.

Series:

British Academy postdoctoral fellowship monograph.

A British Academy postdoctoral fellowship monograph

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Del Rio, Martin Antoine, 1551-1608.

Del Rio, Martin Antoine.

Del Rio, Martin Antoine, 1551-1608--Knowledge--Demonology.

Demonology--History--16th century.

Demonology.

Counter-Reformation.

Catholic Church and humanism.

Church history--16th century.

Church history.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (x, 441 pages) : illustrations (colour).

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Published for The British Academy by Oxford University Press, 2015.

Summary:

The protagonist of this study, the Jesuit Martin Delrio (1551-1608), is a largely forgotten figure, purposefully elided from many of the scholarly and religious spheres to which he contributed. To the extent that he is remembered today it is for his Disquisitiones magicae (1599-1600), a study of witchcraft and superstition that went through numerous editions and was last reprinted in 1755. The present volume recovers the lost world of Delrio's wider scholarship and shows that the Disquisitiones, removed from this context, has been widely misunderstood.

Contents:

Identities. Magistrate ; Jesuit ; Friend

Humanism. The spoils of Egypt ; Youthful adversaries ; A tale of two Senecas ; Emendation, divination ; Historical drama

Demonology. A web of demons ; A textual science ; Trials and tribulations

Theology. The Virgin and the word ; Vehement vituperation

Epilogue : life after life.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on August 3, 2015).

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

1-80596-201-9

1-80596-397-X

0-19-177200-3

OCLC:

1545124517