Inhalt: | Recovers the wider scholarship of Jesuit Martin Delrio (1551-1608), beyond his Disquisitiones magicae, revealing his influence on early modern cultural, religious, and intellectual history, despite his later reputation for credulity and cruelty as attitudes towards witchcraft changed Identities. Magistrate ; Jesuit ; Friend -- Humanism. The spoils of Egypt ; Youthful adversaries ; A tale of two Senecas ; Emendation, divination ; Historical drama -- Demonology. A web of demons ; A textual science ; Trials and tribulations -- Theology. The Virgin and the word ; Vehement vituperation -- Epilogue : life after life |