The Devils. In the Martha Wells historical fic-lit novel, The Element of Fire, the primary antagonist is a body-stealing former priest named Urbain Grandier. See also List of people executed for witchcraft References Sources Huxley, Aldous (1953). The Devils of Loudun. Robbins, Rossell Hope (1959). The Encyclopedia of Witchcraft and Demonology. New York: Crown Publishers, Inc. (see article on Urbain Grandier) 1590 births 1634 deaths 17th-century French Roman Catholic priests French people executed for witchcraft People executed by France by burning People from Château-Gontier Executed people from Pays de la Loire 17th-century executions by France Witch trials in France Deal with the Devil