Discerning spirits divine and demonic possession in the Middle Ages. - Caciola, Nancy (Ithaca Cornell university press, 2003)
Possessed behaviors -- Ciphers -- Fallen women and fallen angels -- Breath, heart, bowels -- Exorcizing demonic disorder -- Testing spirits in the effeminate age.
Keywords: Discernment of spirits -- History of doctrines -- Middle Ages, 600-1500; Women in Christianity -- History -- Middle Ages, 600-1500