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Book Title: Demonic Possession And Exorcism: In Early Modern France
Number of Pages: 240 Pages
Language: English
Publication Name: Demonic Possession and Exorcism : in Early Modern France
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Group
Publication Year: 2004
Subject: Demonology & Satanism, Modern / 18th Century, Christian Theology / Angelology & Demonology, Europe / France, General, Europe / General, Occultism
Item Height: 0.5 in
Item Weight: 15.7 Oz
Type: Textbook
Subject Area: Body, Mind & Spirit, Religion, History
Author: Sarah Ferber
Item Length: 9.1 in
Item Width: 6.1 in
Format: Uk-B Format Paperback
