1st Edition

The English Exorcist John Darrell and the Shaping of Early Modern English Protestant Demonology

By Brendan C. Walsh Copyright 2021
318 Pages
by Routledge

318 Pages
by Routledge

318 Pages
by Routledge

In 1598, the English clergyman John Darrell was brought before the High Commission at Lambeth Palace to face charges of fraud and counterfeiting. The ecclesiastical authorities alleged that he had "taught 4. to counterfeite" demonic possession over a ten-year period, fashioning himself into a miracle worker. Coming to the attention of the public through his dramatic and successful role as an... Read more

Introduction

1. Katherine Wright and the Birth of an Exorcist

2. Thomas Darling, the Boy of Burton

3. The Lancashire Sevenand the Periphery of Early Modern English Protestantism

4. William Sommers and Godly Reformation in Nottingham

5. The High Commission

6. The Sceptic and the Exorcist

7. Godly Conferences and Demonological Discourses

8. Ecclesiastical Reform and the Shaping of English Protestant Demonology

Conclusion

Biography

Brendan C. Walsh is Honorary Research Fellow at the University of Queensland, Australia. His research interests lie primarily in the area of early modern Reformed English Protestant demonology, focusing on the themes of demonic possession, exorcism, spiritual healing, and diabolic witchcraft.