https://books.pub.cat/blog/Stories behind the books from Pub.Cat Books.en-GBhttps://books.pub.cat/blog/jeanne-des-anges-loudun-nun-own-story/https://books.pub.cat/blog/jeanne-des-anges-loudun-nun-own-story/Wed, 21 Oct 2026 08:00:00 +0000Urbain Grandier burned in 1634, but the prioress at the heart of the Loudun possessions wrote her own account. It is not what you would expect.https://books.pub.cat/blog/palmistry-history-1658-physician-tried-to-prove-it/https://books.pub.cat/blog/palmistry-history-1658-physician-tried-to-prove-it/Wed, 21 Oct 2026 08:00:00 +0000In 1653 a French court physician asked whether palmistry had any basis in medicine. His answer, printed in English in 1658, ends in a remarkable admission.