Testing the Spirit of the Prophets: Jean Chéron, Melancholy and the “Illusions” of Dévotes
This article contends that the vulnerability of mystics to accusations of “melancholy” was harnessed in late seventeenth-century France as part of an anti-mystical movement. Several historians have noted how the suspicion of mystics gained momentum in France during this period. Reports of anti-mysti...
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Association Études Épistémè
2015
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| Accesso online: | https://doi.org/10.4000/episteme.827 https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.13089/fsvf https://journals.openedition.org/episteme/827 |
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