The Exorcist of Sombor: The Mentality of an Eighteenth-Century Franciscan Friar : Routledge : 9780367356798 : 0367356791 : 08 Jul 2020 : "The Exorcist of Sombor examines the life course, practice and mentality of an eighteenth century Franciscan friar, based on his own letters and documentation, creating a frame around the tightly packed history of events that took place between 1766-1769, and analysing the series of exorcism scandals that erupted in the Hungarian town of Sombor, from the perspectives of social and cultural history. The author employs a method which reflects historical anthropology, the history of ideas, and the influenceof Italian micro-history. Based on the activity of an exorcist priest in the early modern period, the documents of the ecclesiastical courts and a considerable body of autograph correspondence are thoroughly examined. Analysing these letters gives the reader a chance to come into close proximity with the way of thinking of a person from the eighteenth