Loudun (/luːˈdʌn/; French pronunciation: [lu.dœ̃]; Poitevin: Loudin) is a commune in the Vienne department and the region of Nouvelle-Aquitaine, western...

The Loudun possessions, also known as the Loudun possessed affair (French: affaire des possédées de Loudun), was a notorious witchcraft trial that took...

The Devils of Loudun is a 1952 non-fiction novel by Aldous Huxley. It is a historical narrative of supposed demonic possession, religious fanaticism, sexual...

Die Teufel von Loudun (The Devils of Loudun) is an opera in three acts written in 1968 and 1969 by Polish composer Krzysztof Penderecki, and then revised...

after being convicted of witchcraft, following the events of the so-called "Loudun possessions". Most modern commentators have concluded that Grandier was...

Belcier (2 February 1602 – 29 January 1665), was a French Ursuline nun in Loudun, France. She became mother superior of the convent at a young age, but is...

The canton of Loudun is an administrative division of the Vienne department, western France. Its borders were modified at the French canton reorganisation...

17th-century Roman Catholic priest accused of witchcraft after the possessions in Loudun, France, the plot also focuses on Sister Jeanne des Anges, a sexually repressed...

and exorcist. He is remembered for his participation in the exorcisms of Loudun in 1634-37. Surin was born and died in Bordeaux, and was reared in a cloister...

The Treaty of Loudun was signed on 3 May 1616 in Loudun, France, and ended the war that originally began as a power struggle between queen mother Marie...

museum for the country's history. "Jardin de l'amitié Ouaga-Loudun" (Garden of Ouaga-Loudun Friendship), with a green space that was renovated in 1996...

Ceaux-en-Loudun is a commune in the Vienne department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region in western France. Its inhabitants are called Ceauxois (male) and...

Queen Marie made peace with the ratification on 3 May of the Treaty of Loudun, which allowed Condé great power in government but did not remove Concini...

Counter Point The Doors of Perception The Perennial Philosophy The Devils of Loudun Spouse Maria Nys ​ ​ (m. 1919; died 1955)​ Laura Archera ​ (m. 1956)​ Children...

(1939) Time Must Have a Stop (1944) Ape and Essence (1948) The Devils of Loudun (1952) The Genius and the Goddess (1955) Island (1962) Collections: Limbo...

Thrones by Gregory the Great. Asmodeus was cited by the nuns of Loudun in the Loudun possessions of 1634. Asmodeus' reputation as the personification...

dramatist John Whiting, based on Aldous Huxley's 1952 book, The Devils of Loudun. The Devils had its first performance at London's Aldwych Theatre in February...

of England. In the meantime, he granted Geoffrey the castles at Chinon, Loudun, Mirebeau and Montsoreau. The body of the count would remain unburied until...

(1818-1898) was a French writer, art critic and journalist. He was born in Loudun and died in Paris. Sources: Du présent et de l'avenir de la Révolution (1848)...

same title by Jarosław Iwaszkiewicz, loosely based on the 17th century Loudun possessions. The film won the Special Jury Prize at the 1961 Cannes Film...

orchestration) and An American in Paris. In his opera The Devils of Loudun (Die Teufel von Loudun), Krzysztof Penderecki calls for two baritone saxes. Karlheinz...

Agritubel Pro Cycling Team (UCI team code: AGR) was a French professional road race cycling team. The team's title sponsor, Agritubel, is a manufacturer...

the 7,500-inhabitant Poitevine town of Loudun and a French mother, who enjoyed fashion. He grew up in Loudun, Vienne. From a young age, Ghesquière enjoyed...

in France Labourd witch-hunt of 1609 Aix-en-Provence possessions (1611) Loudun possessions (1633–34) Louviers possessions (1647) Normandy witch trials...

truffles, some sources now give priority to Pierre II Mauléon (1744–1831) of Loudun (in western France), who began to cultivate truffles around 1790. Mauléon...

Convent in 1647. As with both the Aix case and its later counterpart in Loudun, the conviction of the priests involved hinged on the confessions of supposed...

October 1653) was a French physician, philanthropist, and journalist. Born in Loudun, Renaudot received a doctorate of medicine from the University of Montpellier...

these were, but historian W. L. Warren speculated that Chinon, Montsoreau, Loudun, and Mirebeau numbered amongst these castles as they were in the territory...

were based at Tours, Chinon, Baugé, Beaufort, Brissac, Angers, Saumur, Loudun, Loches, Langeais and Montbazon. However, the constituent counties, such...

centers of the Huguenot movement. He entered politics at the Conference of Loudun. There, as the confidant of the queen and the papal envoy, he opposed the...