The Routledge History of Medieval Magic brings together the work of scholars from across Europe and North America to provide extensive insights into recent developments in the study of medieval...
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The Routledge History of Medieval Magic brings together the work of scholars from across Europe and North America to provide extensive insights into recent developments in the study of medieval magic between c.1100 and c.1500.
See, for example, David Williams, Deformed Discourse: The Function of the Monster in Medieval Thought and Literature (Exeter: University of Exeter Press, 1996), 137–40; and Claude Kappler, Monstres, démons et merveilles à la fin du ...
vaccae, Peter of Abano and Thomas Bradwardine, interpreted its magic in this sense—as the performance of sensory illusions ... Third, some experiments manipulate living creatures by feeding them particular substances, starving them, ...
"Astrology in Medieval Manuscripts describes the complexity of western medieval astrology and its place in society, as revealed by a wealth of illustrated manuscripts and historical background."--BOOK JACKET.
Magic in Medieval Manuscripts explores the place of magic in the medieval world and the contradictory responses it evoked, through an exploration of images and texts in British Library manuscripts.
“The Diffusion of Arabic Magical Texts in Western Europe. ... Magic and Divination in Early Islam. ... Magic and Divination at the Courts of Burgundy and France: Text and Context of Laurens Pignon's “Contre les devineurs” (1411).
Its negative characteristics were defined by theologians who sought to isolate undesirable rituals and beliefs, but there were also many who believed that the condemned texts and practices were valuable and compatible with orthodox piety.
With fascinating illustrations from the British Library's rich Medieval collections, Magic in Medieval Manuscripts explores the place of magic in the medieval world.
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