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The Devils of Loudun is a 1952 non-fiction novel by Aldous Huxley . Premise. It is a historical narrative of supposed demonic possession, religious fanaticism, sexual repression, and mass hysteria that occurred in 17th-century France surrounding unexplained events that took place in the small town of Loudun.
3.87. 3,122 ratings332 reviews. In 1634 Urbain Grandier, a handsome and dissolute priest of the parish of Loudun was tried, tortured and burnt at the stake. He had been found guilty of conspiring with the devil to seduce an entire convent of nuns in what was the most sensational case of mass possession and sexual hysteria in history.
28 de jul. de 2009 · Aldous Huxley's "brilliant" (Los Angeles Times) and gripping account of one of the strangest occurrences in history, hailed as the "peak achievement of Huxley’s career" by the New York Times. In 1632 an entire convent in the small French village of Loudun was apparently possessed by the devil.
27 de nov. de 2012 · The devils of Loudun. by. Huxley, Aldous, 1894-1963. Publication date. 1965. Topics. Grandier, Urbain, 1590-1634, Couvent des Ursulines (Loudun, France), Demoniac possession. Publisher. New York : Harper & Row.
31 de mar. de 2014 · Title: The History of the Devils of Loudun, Volumes I-III. The Alleged Possession of the Ursuline Nuns, and the Trial. and Execution of Urbain Grandier, Told by an Eye-witness. Author: Unknown. Editor: Edmund Goldsmid. Translator: Edmund Goldsmid. Release Date: March 31, 2014 [EBook #45282] Language: English.
28 de jul. de 2009 · Books. The Devils of Loudun. Aldous Huxley. Harper Collins, Jul 28, 2009 - History - 368 pages. Aldous Huxley's acclaimed and gripping account of one of the strangest occurrences in...
15 de sept. de 2015 · Aldous Huxley's "brilliant" (Los Angeles Times) and gripping account of one of the strangest occurrences in history, hailed as the "peak achievement of Huxley’s career" by the New York Times. In...
