Mollenauer, Lynn Wood

Strange Revelations : Magic, Poison, And Sacrilege in Louis XIV's France

List of Illustrations vii Acknowledgments ix Introduction 1(10) Investigating the Affair of the Poisons, 1676--1682 11(42) Medea and the Marquise: Understanding the Crime of Poison in Seventeenth-Century France 53(18) The Criminal Magical Underworld of Paris 71(26) The Renegade Priests of Paris and the Amatory Mass 97(14) The Magic of Mistresses at the Court of Louis XIV 111(18) Conclusion: The End of Magic? 129(6) Notes 135(52) Bibliography 187(18) Index 205