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Barbara Newman talks about this story (and other things to do with women
and demons) in 'Possessed by the Spirit: Devout Women, Demoniacs and the
Apostolic Life in the 13th Century', Speculum 73, 1998.
Best wishes,
Catherine
On Dec 15 2005, Vera von der Osten - Sacken wrote:
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>Dear listmembers,
>reading Jacques de Vitrys historia occidentalis (cap. 5, ed. Hinnebusch, p.
>86) I found a short mention of a daemon, who called himself the pen in the
>ink (penna in inchausto), since he was instructed by the lord to preach the
>evangelical truth. Jacques says, that this happend 'in Alemannia'. Has
>anyone met this story ? Or is there something like a literary tradition of
>the lord using daemons or evil spirits to do his work in special cases ?
>Thanks in advance for any suggestions !
>Yours Vera
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Dr Catherine Rider
Junior Research Fellow in Medieval History
Christ's College, Cambridge
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