Satan the Heretic : the Birth of Demonology in Medieval West

Preface to the English-Language Edition . . ix
Acknowledgments . . xiii

Introduction . . 1
1. Satan the Heretic: The Judicial Institution of Demonology under John XXII . . 8
2. Satanic Sacraments? Enrico del Carretto's Discovery . . 43
3. The Pact: An Overview . . 68
4. The Liberation of Demons: The Birth of Scholastic Demonology . . 93
5. The New Possessed: Saints and Demons in Canonization Trials at the Beginning of the Fourteenth Century . . 119
6. The Openness of the Subject: A Scholastic Anthropology of Possession . . 143
7. Supernatural Invasions: Mystical Models of Possession . . 174
Epilogue . . 201

Notes . . 207
Bibliography . . 239
Index . . 251