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    Urbain Grandier (1590 – 18 August 1634) was a French Catholic priest who was burned at the stake after being convicted of witchcraft, following the events...
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    Following an investigation by the Catholic Church, a local priest named Urbain Grandier was accused of summoning the evil spirits. He was eventually convicted...
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  • Redgrave and Oliver Reed. A dramatised historical account of the fall of Urbain Grandier, a 17th-century Roman Catholic priest accused of witchcraft after the...
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    led, after witch trials, to the burning at the stake of the priest Urbain Grandier two years later. Jeanne de Belcier was born at Cozes in 1602, the daughter...
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  • Roman Catholic priest Urbain Grandier and an entire convent of Ursuline nuns, who allegedly became possessed by demons after Grandier made a pact with Satan...
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  • French lawyer and journalist Urbain Grandier (1590–1634), French priest Urbain Johnson (1824 –1917), farmer and politician Urbain de Florit de La Tour de Clamouze...
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    2010-09-28. Rudwin 1970, p. 20. Dumas, Alexandre (1634). "Urbain Grandier: Chapter V". Urbain Grandier. Celebrated Crimes. Rudwin 1970, p. 87. Rudwin 1970,...
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    escaped. He was eventually captured and tortured until his execution. Urbain Grandier (1590–1634), a 17th-century French priest, who was tried and burned...
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  • case provided the legal precedent for the conviction and execution of Urbain Grandier at Loudun more than 20 years later. This event led to possessions spreading...
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    executed in 1435 Catherine Deshayes aka La Voisin, executed in 1680 Urbain Grandier, executed in 1634 Execution of Ann Hibbins on Boston Common, June 19...
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    person Urbain Grandier, a Catholic priest who was burned at the stake after being convicted of witchcraft. In the novel the spelling of Grandier's name...
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    William Tyndale (1536), Michael Servetus (1553), Giordano Bruno (1600), Urbain Grandier (1634), and Avvakum (1682). Anglican martyrs John Rogers, Hugh Latimer...
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    such as the middle age pact with the Devil supposedly written by Urbain Grandier. Both Black Masses end with the Latin expression "Ave, Satanas!"—Meaning...
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  • of the Angels, and Richard Johnson as the existential hero, Father Urbain Grandier. Diana Rigg appeared in the supporting role of Philippe and Max Adrian...
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    Miller 1971 The Hunting Party Frank Calder Don Medford The Devils Urbain Grandier Ken Russell 1972 Z.P.G. Russ McNeil Michael Campus Sitting Target Harry...
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  • womanising priest, Urbain Grandier. When Grandier turned down the nun's invitation to become their spiritual director, Jeanne accused Grandier of using black...
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  • England's most famous witch trials, begins at Lancaster Assizes. 1634 – Urbain Grandier, accused and convicted of sorcery, is burned alive in Loudun, France...
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    1661–1666 Huxley, Aldous. "The Devils of Loudun" (1952). The trial of Urbain Grandier, priest of the town who was tortured and burned at the stake in 1634...
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  • horror film depicting a dramatized historical account of the fall of Urbain Grandier, a 17th-century Roman Catholic priest accused of witchcraft after the...
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  • Arthur Edward Waite to the right, and a reproduction of "The Pact of Urbain Grandier" on the left. It is their first album to feature a photograph as the...
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    soul of his kindly nurse Urban Bedford (Reece Shearsmith, named after Urbain Grandier), but Webster is foiled at the very end when Bedford reveals that,...
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    Hughie "Erie" Smith Royale Theatre, Broadway 1965–1966 The Devils Urbain Grandier Broadway Theatre, Broadway 1968 We Bombed in New Haven Captain Starkey...
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  • 17th-century document, an alleged pact with Satan used to convict Urbain Grandier of witchcraft, appears in modified form as a stage prop during Maya...
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    29–33. Rapley, Robert (1998). A Case of Witchcraft: The Trial of Urbain Grandier. Manchester University Press. p. 99. ISBN 978-0-7190-5528-7. [unreliable...
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    execution. In 1634, the cardinal had one of his outspoken critics, Urbain Grandier, burned at the stake in the Loudun affair. These and other harsh measures...
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    the modern-day Canadian province of Quebec. August 18 – In France, Urbain Grandier, accused of wizardry, is burned alive in Loudun. August (prob.) – Jean...
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  • instigator depicted in Ken Russell's The Devils (1971) (a dramatization of Urbain Grandier), has been cited as a possible inspiration for Father Anderson. Alexander...
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  • circumstances surrounding the Loudun possessions, in which a priest named Urbain Grandier was tried, convicted, and executed for allegedly making a Deal with...
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    the craze during this time. The nuns had conspired to accuse Father Urbain Grandier of witchcraft by faking symptoms of possession and torment; they feigned...
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  • Jean-Pierre Cargol 1971 Brian's Song Brian Piccolo James Caan The Devils Urbain Grandier Oliver Reed Doc Doc Holliday Stacy Keach Evel Knievel Evel Knievel...
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