Possession and other psychiatric disorders

The cases of possession that made the headlines at the end of the Witchcraze (Loudun, Louviers, …) cast a new light on the origins of witchcraft.

Nuns and monks that led a life made of solitude, deprivation and isolation were particularly the victims of possession by the Devil.  

Priests were also tempted and sometimes became the servant of the devil.

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