The Scourge of Demons: Possession, Lust, and Witchcraft in a Seventeenth-Century Italian Convent by Jeffrey R. Watt (University of Rochester Press, 2009) Paperback The late seventeenth and early

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The Scourge of Demons: Possession, Lust, and Witchcraft in a Seventeenth-Century Italian Convent by Jeffrey R. Watt (University of Rochester Press, 2009) Paperback The late seventeenth and earlyJeffrey R. Watt. The Scourge of Demons: Possession, Lust, and Witchcraft in a Seventeenth Century Italian Convent. Rochester, NY: University of Rochester Press, 2009. Paperback. 300 pages. Condition: As New Description from the publisher: A fascinating examination of alleged demon possession and witchcraft in a seventeenth century convent in Carpi, Italy. In 1636, residents at the convent of Santa Chiara in Carpi in northern Italy were struck by an