The Dictionnaire infernal by de Plancy claims to restore the truth about the demons and related believes and transmit theological truths to people. It’s an encyclopedic work that wants to compile and structure a sum of knowledge through the prism of science, but also and mainly througha subjectivity that reflects the intellectual and spiritual concerns of its time, such as the rising rationalism and its relation with faith and folkloric traditions.
CLIL theme: 3147 -- SCIENCES HUMAINES ET SOCIALES, LETTRES -- Lettres et Sciences du langage -- Linguistique, Sciences du langage