Back Teufel von Loudun German Endemoniadas de Loudun Spanish Affaire des démons de Loudun French הדיבוקים בלודון HE Caso dei diavoli di Loudun Italian Possessão das Freiras de Loudun Portuguese Afera loudunskih demona Serbo-Croatian Besättelserna i Loudun Swedish
The Loudun possessions, also known as the Loudun possessed affair (French: affaire des possédées de Loudun), was a notorious witchcraft trial that took place in Loudun, Kingdom of France, in 1634. A convent of Ursuline nuns said they had been visited and possessed by demons. Following an investigation by the Catholic Church, a local priest named Urbain Grandier was accused of summoning the evil spirits. He was eventually convicted of the crimes of sorcery and burned at the stake.[1]
The case contains similar themes to other witchcraft trials that occurred throughout western Europe in the 17th century, such as the Aix-en-Provence possessions (France) in 1611 or the Pendle witches (England) in 1612 before reaching the New World by the 1690s.
- ^ Sluhovsky, Moshe (2002). "The Devil in the Convent". The American Historical Review. 107 (5): 1379–411. doi:10.1086/532851. JSTOR 10.1086/532851.