Exorcism against agricultural plagues in the Spain of the 17th century

In the Spain of the 17th century, the exorcism was one of the religious resources most used before the threat of agricultural plagues. Close to the requirements with which, according to the Church, it had to count the exorcist and the own ritual, a supported fight took place between the institutional religiousness and he popular one, which was facing the official conspirator with the conspirator, both ecclesiastic and layman, who was turning aside of the most accepted doctrinal mold. Between the methods analyzed exorcists, appear the more orthodox some opposite to others, in which elements bordering on the superstition are include, though approved by the civil and ecclesiastic authorities.