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"Sands has produced a highly readable, engaging study of the phenomenon of demonic possession in late Tudor England. . . . Recommended. General collections; lower and upper-division undergraduates. * Choice * ""Kathleen R. Sands's book is a series of case studies, each chapter focusing on one demoniac or a related pair. The stories are well presented, developed in sufficient depth for the reader to have some understanding of the actors and their circumstances. Some are moving, such as the story of Sarah Williams, a teenage servant kept as a prisoner for years by her employers while a team of priests tried to rid her of demons. . . . [T]his is a pleasant little book.' * The Historian * Sands (early modern English literature and history) recounts 11 cases of Elizabethan demonic possession, documenting details of each case and providing the cultural context to explain each diagnosis. * Reference & Research Book News * [A] solid analysis of this intriguing topic. This book will be of use to the scholar and advanced student of the Elizabethan period. It provides good insight into this era from an often neglected angle. * The Sixteenth Century Journal *"

"""This engaging new book by Kathleen Sands explores the mysterious world of demons, devils, and witchcraft. In scholarly - yet highly readable - prose Sands not only persuades us that Satan skulked around his unsuspecting victims, but she places the sufferers of demon possession in the larger social context of post-Reformation England... This book is a must read for anyone interested in the impact of the invisible world on early modern England. - Elaine Forman Crane, Department of History, Fordham University, author of Killed Strangely: the Death of Rebecca Cornell"""

Sands has produced a highly readable, engaging study of the phenomenon of demonic possession in late Tudor England... Recommended. General collections; lower and upper-division undergraduates. - Choice Kathleen R. Sands's book is a series of case studies, each chapter focusing on one demoniac or a related pair. The stories are well presented, developed in sufficient depth for the reader to have some understanding of the actors and their circumstances. Some are moving, such as the story of Sarah Williams, a teenage servant kept as a prisoner for years by her employers while a team of priests tried to rid her of demons... [T]his is a pleasant little book.' - The Historian Sands (early modern English literature and history) recounts 11 cases of Elizabethan demonic possession, documenting details of each case and providing the cultural context to explain each diagnosis. - Reference & Research Book News [A] solid analysis of this intriguing topic. This book will be of use to the scholar and advanced student of the Elizabethan period. It provides good insight into this era from an often neglected angle. - The Sixteenth Century Journal

This engaging new book by Kathleen Sands explores the mysterious world of demons, devils, and witchcraft. In scholarly - yet highly readable - prose Sands not only persuades us that Satan skulked around his unsuspecting victims, but she places the sufferers of demon possession in the larger social context of post-Reformation England... This book is a must read for anyone interested in the impact of the invisible world on early modern England. - Elaine Forman Crane, Department of History, Fordham University, author of Killed Strangely: the Death of Rebecca Cornell

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Kathleen R. Sands holds a PhD in early modern English literature and history. She has taught at several colleges and universities and currently teaches intellectual history at Temple University in Philadelphia. She has also worked as an educational consultant for a history museum, developing school programs and public presentations on many historical topics. She is author of An Elizabethan Lawyer's Possession by the Devil: The Story of Robert Brigges (Praeger, 2002).

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