Peter Dendle

Biographic Data

ID148214
NAMEPeter Dendle
GIVEN NAMESPeter
FAMILY NAMEDendle
SIGNATUREDENDLE P
AFFILIATIONSPennsylvania State University
VERIFIEDNo
TOTAL WORKS10
TOTAL CITATIONS10
WORKS AS AUTHOR9
WORKS AS EDITOR1
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR1999
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2016
H-INDEX2

  • Satan Unbound

    Peter Dendle, Peter Jonathan DendleBOOKSatan Unbound2016

  • Health and Healing from the Medieval Garden

    Open AccessLinda Ehrsam Voigts, Maria Amalia D’Aronco et al.EDITORBOOKHealth and Healing from the…2015

    Fresh examinations of the role of medicinal plants in medieval thought and practice and how they contributed to broader ideas concerning the body, religion and identity.

  • The Devil in Society in Premodern Europe

    Richard Raiswell, Peter Dendle et al.ARTICLERenaissance and Reformation2013

    Raiswell, Richard (ed.) with Peter Dendle. The Devil in Society in Premodern Europe. An article from journal Renaissance and Reformation / Renaissance et Réforme (Volume 36, Number 1, Winter 2013, pp. 1-196), on Érudit

  • Demon Possession in Anglo-Saxon and Early Modern England

    Open AccessRichard Raiswell, Peter DendleARTICLEJournal of British Studies2008Cited by: 3References: 3

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  • Cryptozoology in the Medieval and Modern Worlds

    Peter DendleARTICLEFolklore2006Cited by: 7References: 6

    Popular interest in cryptozoology (the study of unconfirmed species, such as bigfoot and chupacabra) has been fuelled by a recent publishing frenzy of encyclopaedias, dictionaries, and guides devoted to the subject, as well as by unprecedented opportunities for enthusiasts to collect data and exchange stories via the Internet. The author situates the emotional commitment many exhibit toward cryptids (the creatures themselves) in a broad historica…

  • Fifth Business as Fool Saint's Life

    Peter DendleARTICLEEnglish Language Notes2001

    Research Article| December 01 2001 Fifth Business as Fool Saint's Life Peter Dendle Peter Dendle Pennsylvania State University, Mont Alto Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google English Language Notes (2001) 39 (2): 69–72. https://doi.org/10.1215/00138282-39.2.69 Cite Icon Cite Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn MailTo Permissions Search Site Citation Peter Dendle; Fifth Business as Fool Saint's Life. English Language N…

  • Lupines, Manganese, and Devil-Sickness

    Peter DendleARTICLEBulletin of the history of medicine2001

    The most frequently prescribed herb for "devil-sickness" in the vernacular medical books from Anglo-Saxon England, the lupine, is exceptionally high in manganese. Since manganese depletion has been linked with recurring seizures in both clinical and experimental studies, it is possible that lupine administration responded to the particular pathophysiology of epilepsy. Lupine is not prescribed for seizures in classical Mediterranean medical source…

  • The demonological landscape of the ‘Solomon and Saturn’ cycle

    Peter DendleARTICLEEnglish Studies1999

  • Hume's Dialogues and Paradise Lost

    Peter DendleARTICLEJournal of the History of Ideas1999

    Hume’s Dialogues and Paradise Lost Peter Dendle Discussions of the background of Hume’s Dialogues Concerning Natural Religion (1779) tend to focus more on scientific, philosophical, and theological sources than on literary ones, which is only natural given that the work is a philosophical dialogue. Yet the epistolary-dialogue form, a departure from Hume’s usual expository philosophical style, encourages exploring the Dialogues as a work of litera…

  • Hume's "Dialogues" and "Paradise Lost

    Peter DendleARTICLEJournal of the History of Ideas1999

    Journal of the History of Ideas - Volume 60, Number 2, April 1999