It takes the average reader 4 hours and 15 minutes to read The Wanton Jesuit and the Wayward Saint by Mita Choudhury
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This microhistory investigates the famous and scandalous 1731 trial in which Catherine Cadière, a young woman in the south of France, accused her Jesuit confessor, Jean-Baptiste Girard, of seduction, heresy, abortion, and bewitchment. Generally considered to be the last witchcraft trial in early modern France, the Cadière affair was central to the volatile politics of 1730s France, a time when magistrates and lawyers were seeking to contain clerical power. Mita Choudhury’s examination of the trial sheds light on two important phenomena with broad historical implications: the questioning of...
The Wanton Jesuit and the Wayward Saint by Mita Choudhury is 248 pages long, and a total of 63,984 words.
This makes it 84% the length of the average book. It also has 78% more words than the average book.
The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 5 hours and 49 minutes to read The Wanton Jesuit and the Wayward Saint aloud.
The Wanton Jesuit and the Wayward Saint is suitable for students ages 12 and up.
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