@inbook{10.2307/j.ctt15jjd9d.8, ISBN = {9780812247152}, URL = {http://www.jstor.org/stable/j.ctt15jjd9d.8}, abstract = {Imagine the following scenario: as you are about to go to sleep in your modest dwelling in medieval Reims, you hear the sound of a little bell. The door opens and two small angels enter, followed by a priest dressed in gold. He declares, “I am Saint Augustine,” and offers to celebrate a mass right there in your bedroom. You can even stay in bed, and he will minister to you. Would you be pleased or slightly suspicious? Or even very suspicious? This is the kind of case that falls into the purview of the discernment of spirits, an ecclesiastical}, bookauthor = {Renate Blumenfeld-Kosinski}, booktitle = {The Strange Case of Ermine de Reims: A Medieval Woman Between Demons and Saints}, pages = {127--150}, publisher = {University of Pennsylvania Press}, title = {Ermine and the Discernment of Spirits}, year = {2015} }