The Devil within : possession & exorcism in the Christian West / Brian P. Levack.

New Haven, Connecticut : Yale University Press, 2013.

xii, 346 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm

Includes bibliographical references (pages 314-335) and index.

Making sense of demonic possession -- Possession and exorcism in Christian antiquity -- Possession in Christian demonology -- Expelling the demon -- Demonic possession and illness -- The performance of the possessed -- The demoniac in society -- The demoniac and the witch -- Possession in the age of reason -- Possession : past and present -- Conclusion.