Richard Bovet
17th-century English demonologist
About Richard Bovet
Born 1641. Richard Bovet was an English demonologist.
Richard Bovet (born c. 1641) was an English author who wrote Pandaemonium, or the Devil's Cloister, a book on demonology.
Bovet was virulently anti-Catholic, and his book often equates Catholicism with witchcraft. His work was influenced by that of Joseph Glanvill and Henry More.
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17th-century English demonologist
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Richard Bovet was born in 1641.
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