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Elizabethan Demonology

Name: Elizabethan Demonology
Author: Thomas Alfred Spalding

by Thomas Alfred Spalding

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Elizabethan Demonology An Essay in Illustration of the Belief in the Existence of Devils, and the Powers Possessed By Them, as It Was Generally Held during the Period of the Reformation, and the Times Immediately Succeeding; with Special Reference to Shakspere and His Works

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Project Gutenberg

Release date

2004-07-12

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Public domain in the USA.

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Devil in literature Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 -- Knowledge -- Occultism Demonology in literature Demonology -- England -- History -- 16th century Reformation -- England

About the author

Thomas Alfred Spalding

b. 1850

A Victorian barrister and man of letters, he wrote across an unusually wide range of subjects, from Shakespeare-era beliefs about demons to naval biography and public affairs. His best-known book, Elizabethan Demonology, shows a curious mind at work where literature, history, and folklore meet.

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