Mita Choudhury: 2 books
The Wanton Jesuit and the Wayward Saint
A Tale of Sex, Religion, and Politics in Eighteenth-Century France
Language: English
Release Date: December 30, 2015
This microhistory investigates the famous and scandalous 1731 trial in which Catherine Cadière, a young woman in the south of France, accused her Jesuit confessor, Jean-Baptiste Girard, of seduction, heresy, abortion, and bewitchment. Generally considered to be the last witchcraft trial in early...
The Wanton Jesuit and the Wayward Saint
A Tale of Sex, Religion, and Politics in Eighteenth-Century France
Language: English
Release Date: December 30, 2015
This microhistory investigates the famous and scandalous 1731 trial in which Catherine Cadière, a young woman in the south of France, accused her Jesuit confessor, Jean-Baptiste Girard, of seduction, heresy, abortion, and bewitchment. Generally considered to be the last witchcraft trial in early...