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La théologie à la campagne

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The requests for the authorisation to excommunicate or exorcise harmful animals provide a glimpse into the cultural and religious depths of the 18th century. They give the reasons, the ceremonies demanded and the hopes raised. They also bring the compromises traded between orthodox theological interpretations and the ideas of the majority, the confusion maintained here and there, and thus the various ways of handling holy affairs. They also shed light on the peasants’ perceptions of agricultural scourges, popular and cultivated conceptions of the animal and its place in nature and religion.

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hal-02042689 , version 1 (20-02-2019)

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Eric Baratay. La théologie à la campagne : exorcisme et excommunication des insectes en France au XVIIIe siècle. Lo Sguardo, Rivista di Filosofia, 2015, Confini animali dell’anima umana. Prospettive e problematiche, 2 (18), pp.187-198. ⟨hal-02042689⟩
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