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Medicine, magic and art in early modern Norway : conceptualizing knowledge / Ane Ohrvik.
Van Pelt Library BF1622.N67 O37 2018
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Ohrvik, Ane, author.
- Series:
- Palgrave historical studies in witchcraft and magic
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Magic--Norway--History.
- Magic.
- Medicine, Magic, mystic, and spagiric--Norway--History.
- Medicine, Magic, mystic, and spagiric.
- Manuscripts, Norwegian.
- Medicine--Norway--Religious aspects.
- Medicine.
- History.
- Norway.
- Physical Description:
- xvii, 302 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 22 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- London : Palgrave Macmillan, [2018]
- Summary:
- "This book addresses magical ideas and practices in early modern Norway. It examines a large corpus of Norwegian manuscripts from 1650-1850 commonly called Black Books which contained a mixture of recipes on medicine, magic, and art. Ane Ohrvik assesses the Black Books from the vantage point of those who wrote the manuscripts and thus offers an original study of how early modern magical practitioners presented their ideas and saw their practices. The book show how the writers viewed magic and medicine both as practical and sacred art and as knowledge worth protecting through encoding the text."--Back cover.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 265-286) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781137467416
- 113746741X
- OCLC:
- 1029673503
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