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Original Title:	The Devils of Loudun
Edition Language:	English URL http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Devils_of_Loudun
Characters:	Urbain Grandier
Setting:	Loudun,1634(France)

The Devils of Loudun

Aldous Huxley

Paperback | Pages: 400 pages

Rating: 3.9 | 2096 Users | 197 Reviews

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Title	:	The Devils of Loudun
Author	:	Aldous Huxley
Book Format	:	Paperback
Book Edition	:	Deluxe Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 400 pages
Published	:	April 7th 2005 by Vintage Classics (first published 1952)
Categories	:	History. Nonfiction. Religion

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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. Grandier maintained his innocence to the end and four years after his death the nuns were still being subjected to exorcisms to free them from their demonic bondage. Huxley's vivid account of this bizarre tale of religious and sexual obsession transforms our understanding of the medieval world.

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Ratings: 3.9 From 2096 Users | 197 Reviews

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What is this book, exactly?It exists in some netherworld between fiction and non-fiction. It's history and philosophy and theology. It's a book about mass delusion, politics, torture, and redemption.It's interesting though it reads sometimes as unfocused. When I started it, I was under the impression that I was picking up a work of fiction (though based on historical happenings) in the same vein as Huxley's other fiction. And sometimes the way that Huxley talks about the inner thoughts of the

I first read this book in high school and it made a great impression on me. Huxleys account of the Churchs investigation into demonic possession in a seventeenth century French town is a disturbing example of institutional abuse, sexual repression, and political ambition. Ive never found such a riveting account surrounding the torture and execution of the priest Urbain Grandier. (Admittedly, I havent looked very hard.) At the time I first read this work I was also researching a paper on church

This book is twice the size it should be, not enough interesting history for the page count.

So many enemas good God!

Excellent book - occasionally gets "into the weeds." A fascinating story. Don't skip the epilogue - it has some excellent insights on important issues.Here is the best quote from the book."In the briefly liberal nineteenth century [learned men] found it difficult not merely to forgive, but even to understand the savagery with which sorcerers had once been treated. Too hard on the past, they were at the same time too complacent about their present and far too optimistic in regard to the future -

This is probably one of the most interesting and important books I've ever read. Let me say first that (in spite of the tag-line) it actually has almost nothing to do with devils, or "demon possession" as such. I suspect it was billed as "A True Story of Demon Possession" in order to boost sales. It's lamentable for several reasons. One is simply that it misrepresents the book. I mean, if you're looking for something that deals with actual demon possession, or a piece of lurid fiction dealing

The title is ambiguous as to which devils it is referring, metaphysical devils, or the ordained criminals in the catholic church charged with exorcising them. Huxley's account of the possession of 17 nuns in a 1630's French town and the torture and sadistic execution of the parson accused of bewitching them is very even handed. He says there's no reason to discount the existence of malevolent discorporate conscious entities, or demons, but in this case the corruption of Catholic church makes us