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In the Company of Demons

Unnatural Beings, Love, and Identity in the Italian Renaissance

by Armando Maggi

  • Paperback
  • 232 pages
  • Publisher: The University of Chicago Press
  • 15.6 x 22.9 x 1.9 cm

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In its interpretation of Latin and Greek culture, Christianity contends that Satan is behind all classical deities, demigods, and spiritual creatures, including the gods of the household, the lares and penates. But Armando Maggi, an expert in Renaissance demonology, argues throughout "In the Company of Demons" that the great thinkers of the Italian Renaissance had a more nuanced and perhaps less sinister interpretation of these creatures or spiritual bodies.Through close readings of Giovan Francesco Pico della Mirandola, Strozzi Cigogna, Pompeo della Barba, Ludovico Sinistrari, and others, Maggi reveals that these demons speak through their sudden and striking appearances - their very bodies seen as metaphors to be interpreted. But the core trait of these spirits is compassion, and sometimes their odd, eerie arrivals are seen as harbingers or warnings to protect us. It comes as no surprise then that when spiritual beings distort the natural world to communicate, it is vital that we begin to listen.
In the Company of Demons and The Essential History of Christianity
The Essential History of ChristianityIn the Company of Demons

  • Author

    Armando Maggi

  • Book Format

    Paperback

  • Publisher

    The University of Chicago Press

  • Published

    April 2008

  • Weight

    391g

  • Page Count

    232

  • Dimensions

    15.6 x 22.9 x 1.9 cm

  • ISBN

    9780226501314

  • ISBN-10

    0226501310

  • Eden Code

    1147537

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