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Loudun (/luːˈdʌn/;
French pronunciation: [lu.dœ̃]; Poitevin: Loudin) is a
commune in the
Vienne department and the
region of Nouvelle-Aquitaine, western...
- The
Loudun possessions, also
known as the
Loudun possessed affair (French:
affaire des possédées de
Loudun), was a
notorious witchcraft trial that took...
- The
Devils of
Loudun is a 1952 non-fiction
novel by
Aldous Huxley. It is a
historical narrative of
supposed demonic possession,
religious fanaticism, ****ual...
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after being convicted of witchcraft,
following the
events of the so-called "
Loudun possessions". Most
modern commentators have
concluded that
Grandier was...
- Die
Teufel von
Loudun (The
Devils of
Loudun) is an
opera in
three acts
written in 1968 and 1969 by
Polish composer Krzysztof Penderecki, and then revised...
- 17th-century
Roman Catholic priest accused of
witchcraft after the
possessions in
Loudun, France, the plot also
focuses on
Sister Jeanne des Anges, a ****ually repressed...
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Belcier (2
February 1602 – 29
January 1665), was a
French Ursuline nun in
Loudun, France. She
became mother superior of the
convent at a
young age, but is...
- and exorcist. He is
remembered for his parti****tion in the
exorcisms of
Loudun in 1634-37.
Surin was born and died in Bordeaux, and was
reared in a cloister...
- The
canton of
Loudun is an
administrative division of the
Vienne department,
western France. Its
borders were
modified at the
French canton reorganisation...
- (1818-1898) was a
French writer, art
critic and journalist. He was born in
Loudun and died in Paris. Sources: Du présent et de l'avenir de la Révolution (1848)...
