Étiqueté : sects

This study of the forces which impelled a group of Florentine monks to perform exorcisms opens a window onto fifteenth-century religious practice, the entanglements of politics and religion, and a decisive shift in religious and political life. Seeking to heal people possessed by demons, stave off Lorenzo de’ Medici’s predations, and compete with the meteoric rise of Observant Mendicants — Franciscans and Dominicans — monks known as Vallombrosans performed multiple exorcisms in Florence and its...