Perception of the Devil Expulsion in Wemding in Contemporary Press Media : Assessment of the Exorcism by the Contemporary Press Media and its Role in the Wahrmund Affair

Abstract

This article focus on the possession case from Wemding in 1891. The article decribes how this possession case was interpreted by the contemporary press media, why is this case specific and what was its role during the Wahrmund afair.

Keywords

• Exorcism
• Wemding
• Expelling
• Witch
• Wahrmund Affair
• Protestant
• Possession