Marthe Brossier: The ‘Possessed’ Woman vs. France’s Religious Wars
It’s 1599, and there’s a woman strapped to a chair, surrounded by the most powerful theologians and physicians in Paris, France. Her eyes roll back into her skull, her tongue lashes out like a serpent, and a guttural voice- claiming to be Beelzebub, the Prince of Demons- erupts from her stomach. This wasn’t just a…
