Possessions of Aix-en-Provence, a matter of collective hysteria that took place in Provence at the...

Possessions of Aix-en-Provence, a matter of collective hysteria that took place in Provence at the beginning of the 17th century in which they were described as diabolical seduction - The actors are Louis Gaufridi, Benedictine monk of Saint-Victor of Marseille and cure of the Armoules, as well as Ursuline nuns of Aix-en-Provence, including the sisters Madeleine de Demandolx de la Palud et Louise Capeau qui se declarerent bewitch par sa fault (Aix-en-Provence possessions series of alleged cases of demonic possession occurring among the Ursuline nuns of Aix-en-Provence (South of France) in 1611) Engraving from “” Les pritres et les monines a travers les ages”” by Hippolite Magen, 1857 Private collection