Traité sur les apparitions des esprits et sur les vampires ou les revenans de Hongrie, de Moravie, &c.
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Traité sur les apparitions des esprits et sur les vampires ou les revenans de Hongrie, de Moravie, &c. (Treatise on the Apparitions of Spirits and on Vampires or Revenants of Hungary, Moravia, et al.) is one of the many works by an Abbot monk named Antoine Augustin Calmet, an exegete and an 18th-century Lorraine scholar of the Benedictine Order; also known as Dom Calmet. The work was published in 2 volumes that dealt with the extensive investigation into occult matters regarding the apparitions of angels, demons and other spirits.
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Author | Abbot R.P. Dom Augustin Calmet |
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Country | France |
Language | French with translations in German, Italian and English |
Series | 2 Volumes (tomes) |
Genre | Occult, Religion, Theology, History, Dissertation |
Publication date | 1751 |
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Preceded by | Dissertations sur les apparitions des anges, des démons et des esprits, et sur les revenants et vampires de Hongrie, de Bohême, de Moravie et de Silésie (1746) |
It included dissertations on various topics of magic, sorcery, witchcraft and instances of vampires, revenants and individuals returning from the grave. This study analyzed accounts of these various topics located in the Bible, mythology, cultural legends and famous accounts of historically documented cases or claims.