Table of Contents: “…Introduction: comparative and transnational perspectives on alcohol, psychiatry and society, c.1500-1991 -- Waltraud Ernst and Thomas Müller ; 1 Corrupting the body and mind: distilled spirits, drunkenness and disease in early-modern England and the British Atlantic world -- David Korostyshevsky ; 2 Alcoholism, degeneration, madness and psychiatry in Spain, c.1870-1923 -- Ricardo Campos ; 3 From nutrition to powerful agent of degeneration: alcohol in nineteenth-century Chile and Brazil -- Mauricio Becerra Rebolledo ; 4 'White man's kava' in Fiji: entangling alcohol, race and insanity, 1874-1970 -- Jacqueline Leckie ; 5 'In the hot and trying climate of Nigeria the European has a much stronger temptation to indulge in alcohol than the native': drunkenness in Nigeria, c.1880-1940 -- Simon Heap ; 6 Alcohol, abstinence and rationalisation in Germany, c.1870s-1910s -- Jasmin Brötz ; 7 'Disciples of Asclepius' or 'advocates of Hermes'? …”
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Table of Contents: “…Status quaestionis -- Sources, Methodology and Set-up -- Part 1: Late Medieval Piety in Perspective -- 1 The Cult of Saint Leonard at Zoutleeuw -- Saint Leonard's Altarpiece -- Protohistory of the Cult -- The Fortunes of Devotion: Offerings -- The Promotion of Devotion -- 2 The Image of Piety at the Dawn of Iconoclasm -- Old Sources, New Views: Miracles and Indulgences -- The Cult Circuit in the Low Countries -- A Spirited Devotional Culture Materialized -- part 2: Catholic Piety in Iconoclastic Times -- 3 1520. …”
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Table of Contents: “…On the motive permitting us to indulge in the baths . . . -- 10. That even bodily exercise is allowed to those who live according to reason . . . -- 11. …”
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Table of Contents: “…Yang escape -- With his flying sword Lu Dongbin attempts to kill the yellow dragon -- Prince Hailing of Jin dies from indulgence in lust -- Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty is punished for his life of extravagance -- Mr. …”
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Table of Contents: “…Authority and Agency in the Tribunal of PenanceIII. Making Indulgences: Spiritual and Material Economies; Marketing the Divine Mercy; Authority and Jurisdiction in the Dispensing of Pardon; Honoring Becket: The Case for Canterbury; Chapter 2. …”
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Table of Contents: “…. -- Utility, edification, and superstition: Jesuit censorship and Athanasius Kircher's Oedipus Aegyptiacus / Daniel Stolzenberg -- Teaching mathematics in Jesuit schools: programs, course content, and classroom practices / Antonella Romano -- Entering dangerous ground: Jesuits teaching astrology and chiromancy in Lisbon / Henrique Leitao -- Science and enlightenment in Eighteenth-Century Spain: The contribution of the Jesuits before and after the expulsion / Victor Navarro Brotons -- The reception of a theory: a provisional syllabus of Boscovich literature, 1746-1800 / Ugo Baldini -- 'A certain indulgence': music at the Jesuit college in Paris, 1575-1590 / David Crook -- Between stage and divine service: Jesuits and theatrical music / Franz Korndle -- Sung catechism and college opera: two musical genres in the Jesuit evangelization of Colonial Chile / Victor Rondon -- The orator's performance: gesture, word, and image itheaterre at the Collegio Romano / Bruna Filippi -- The Jesuit stage antheaterre in Milan during the Eighteenth Century / Giovanna Zanlonghi -- 'Lascivi Spettacoli': Jesuits antheaterre (from the underside) / Michael Zampelli -- Grammar and virtue: the formulation of a cultural and missionary program by the Jesuits in early Colonial Peru / Sabine MacCormack.…”

Table of Contents: “…791c--793a: How far to indulge children --…”
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Table of Contents: “…Images for the most common offices ; 2. Images for indulgences ; 3. Portraits and personalizing details ; 4. …”
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Table of Contents: “…Encoding status: concerning the excessive display of trunk hose, crowns, ruffled collars, velvet and crimson silk -- Self-fashioning: regarding togas, gowns, robes, and tailored clothing -- Signs of faith: on the matter of dresses with indulgently long trains, earrings and other vanities, and on the habits of women religious--inspired by Christian Dior -- Sex symbols: on the subject of plate armor and associated undergarments, masks, and costumes -- Part two: from opulence to elegance. …”

Table of Contents: “…Zhao spoils his son and dies as a result; Magistrate Zhang sentences an unfilial son to death in an ironclad case -- To steal money, Yu Dajiao does violence to a drunken man; To confront the culprit in court, Yang Hua attaches himself to a woman's body -- Squire Wei, with his merciless heart, plots to seize another man's property; Scholar Chen, with his clever plan, wins back his house -- Zhang Liu'er lays one of his many traps; Lu Huiniang severs a bond of marriage -- Prayer services are held at West Hill Temple for a departed soul; A coffin is prepared in the Kaifeng yamen for a living criminal -- An alchemist turns half a grain of millet into a nine-cycle pill; A rich man squanders thousands of taels of silver to win a beauty's smile -- Li Gongzuo ingeniously reads a dream; Xie Xiao'e cleverly snares pirates -- Li Kerang sends a blank letter; Liu Yuanpu begets two precious sons -- Yuan"s face-reading skills impress the high and mighty; Zheng's good deed wins him a hereditary title -- With money, a commoner gains an official post; out of luck, a prefect becomes a boatman -- The older sister's soul leaves her body to fulfill a wish; The younger sister recovers from illness to renew a bond -- The old demon of Yanguan County indulges in debauchery; The bodhisattva on Mount Huihai puts the evil spirits to death -- Revenue manager Zhao leaves word for his love a thousand li away; Su Xiaojuan achieves happiness with a single poem -- In a competition for sexual favor, a village woman is murdered; In claiming celestial authority, a judge solves a case -- Gu Axiu donates to a nunnery with joy; Cui Junchen is shown the lotus screen through a clever scheme -- The master of Golden Light Cave recalls the past; The venerable elder of Jade Void Cave is enlightened about his previous life -- They remain loyal to each other through their trysts; His success is announced at the jailhouse -- Commissioner Wang rides roughshod over his subordinates; Adjutant Li gets his comeuppance from a reincarnated victim -- Priest He commits fornication via black magic; Registrar Zhou wipes out rebels via fornication -- Mr. …”
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