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Discerning Spirits

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Medieval Literature and History Historical, Religious, and Philosophical Studies Historical, Literary, and Cultural Studies

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Analyzes a broad array of sources—from saints' lives to medical treatises, exorcists' manuals to miracle accounts—to find that observers came to rely on the discernment of bodies rather than seeking to distinguish between divine and demonic possession in purely spiritual terms.

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