Description:
Drawing on an impressive array of sources from popular religion, art, literature, and drama, as well as from scholastic philosophy, mystical theology, homiletics, and hagiography, Russell provides a detailed treatment of Christian diabology in the Middle Ages.
Brief description: Jeffrey Burton Russell is Professor of History Emeritus at the University of California, Santa Barbara.
Review Quotes:
Russell shows an admirable mastery of a vast and varied array of sources, and an equally admirable skill in summarizing them.
--Norman Cohn "New York Times Book Review"