Adam Lesage

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Adam Lesage was a 17th-century French occult practitioner and alleged sorcerer implicated in the Affair of the Poisons, a major scandal involving poisonings and black magic at the court of Louis XIV.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf alleged sorcerer
historical figure
person involved in criminal investigation
accusedOf black magic
involvement in poisonings
sorcery
activeInCentury 17th century
associatedWith French royal court NERFINISHED
La Voisin NERFINISHED
Louis XIV NERFINISHED
associatedWithEvent poisoning scandal at the court of Louis XIV
countryOfCitizenship France
ethnicGroup French
fieldOfWork divination
occultism
ritual magic
genreOfActivity esoteric practices
rituals of black magic
historicalContext absolutist monarchy of Louis XIV
moral and religious anxieties in 17th-century France
implicatedIn plots involving poison and magic
involvedIn network of fortune-tellers and occultists in 17th-century France
knownFor connection to high-profile clients through the occult milieu of the Affair of the Poisons
reputation as a sorcerer
legalStatus suspect in criminal investigation
notableFor alleged sorcery
involvement in the Affair of the Poisons
practice of occult arts
occupation occult practitioner
sorcerer
participatedIn Affair of the Poisons NERFINISHED
partOf occult underworld surrounding the French royal court
placeOfActivity Kingdom of France NERFINISHED
Paris NERFINISHED
subjectOf historical studies on the Affair of the Poisons
timePeriod reign of Louis XIV

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