A ‘VILLAINOUS MEETING’—THE SOCIETY OF JESUS AND A WITCHES’ SABBAT IN SEVENTEENTH-CENTURY IRELAND

By Cameron C. Engelbrecht ‘If God does not want to, let the devil help me.’ These words are part of the confession of an anonymous noblewoman recorded in the Irish Jesuit mission’s annual letter of 1618, written to Fr Mutio Vitelleschi, the Superior General of the Society of Jesus. These annual letters informed the Superior ... Read more

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