341 Mairi Cowan, Possession and Exorcism in New France
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Liz Covart
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🗓️ 25 October 2022
⏱️ 61 minutes
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Prepare for tricks, treats, and time travel! In honor of Halloween, we’re traveling back to the mid-seventeenth century to investigate a case of demonic possession and the practice of exorcism in New France.
Mairi Cowan, an Associate Professor of History at the University of Toronto, Mississauga, joins us to investigate the life of a young French woman named Barbe Hallay and her demonic possession. Cowan is the author of The Possession of Barbe Hallay: Diabolical Arts and Daily Life in Early Canada.
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| 0:00.0 | You're listening to an airwave media podcast. |
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| 0:08.4 | by the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation. |
| 0:11.0 | Hello, and welcome to episode 341 of Ben Franklin's World. |
| 0:24.8 | The podcast dedicated to helping you learn more about how the people and events of our |
| 0:29.4 | early American past have shaped the present-day world we live in. |
| 0:33.6 | And I'm your host, Liz Kovar. |
| 0:36.1 | I hope you're ready for some tricks, treats, and time travel, because we're about to travel |
| 0:40.5 | back to mid-17th-century New France to investigate a case of demonic possession and exorcism. |
| 0:46.9 | Specifically, Mary Cowan, an associate professor of history at the University of Toronto, |
| 0:52.5 | Mrs. Haga, will introduce us to a young French woman named Barbara Lay, and take us through |
| 0:57.5 | her demonic possession using details from her book, The Possession of Barb LA, Diabolical |
| 1:03.2 | Arts, and Daily Life in early Canada. |
| 1:05.8 | Now, during our investigation, Mary reveals the layout of Quebec City in 1660 and what |
| 1:12.0 | it looked and sounded like. |
| 1:14.2 | Kovar'sism in early New France and how it was practiced, and the case of Barb LA and her |
| 1:19.6 | demonic possession. |
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