Demon Possession in Anglo-Saxon England

By Peter J. Dendle

Anglo-Saxon England was a society governed by the competing discourses of illness, spirituality, power, and community. The concepts of demon possession and exorcism, introduced by Christian missionaries, provided a potential outlet for expressing the psychological, biological, and sociopolitical dysfunctions of a society that was at the center of multiple conflicting cultural dimensions.

Demon Possession in Anglo-Saxon England is a reexamination of the available sources describing the possessed and a study of the currently recognized medical and psychiatric conditions that may be relevant to and resemble medieval possession.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1580441696
• ISBN13: 9781580441698
• Release Date: January 2015
• Publisher: Medieval Institute Publications
• Length: 322 Pages
• Weight: 1.49 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.3" x 9.5"