Aras, Melisa Nazlı2025-09-182025-09-182025-082025-082025-09-16https://hdl.handle.net/11693/117540Cataloged from PDF version of article.Includes bibliographical references (leaves 71-86).This thesis investigates the relationship between Jacobean audiences and Jacobean plays that have dealt with demonic possessions and exorcisms that included earthly gains. The study uses historical and textual analysis by looking at archival records such as real life demoniac and non-demoniac cases, crime cases and documents on and by historical figures and four drama plays, The Witch of Edmonton, King Lear, Ignoramus and The Devil’s Charter. This comparative analysis shows what was on the minds of Jacobean audiences when they watched these plays that have dealt with the demonic possessionsviii, 86 leaves : illustrations ; 30 cm.EnglishDemonic possessionsExorcismReligious controversyJacobean EnglandEarly modern dramaThesisB163268