Urbain Grandier is dead, but the possessions at Loudun continue. The Jesuit Jean-Joseph Surin takes up the work and describes a struggle that seems to cross from the woman he is treating into his own body.
Urbain Grandier is dead, but the possessions at Loudun continue. The Jesuit Jean-Joseph Surin takes up the work and describes a struggle that seems to cross from the woman he is treating into his own body. The fourth chapter of our Halloween special follows Jeanne des Anges through exorcism, reported sacred marks, a miraculous garment and a journey into royal circles. The final segment weighs the testimony, its later publication and the suffering that public declarations of victory did not end.
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