The Routledge history of Medieval magic / edited by Sophie Page and Catherine Rider.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Page, Sophie, 1972- editor.

Rider, Catherine (Catherine Rosemary), editor.

Series:

Routledge handbooks

Routledge histories

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Magic--History--To 1500.

Magic.

Manners and customs.

History.

Europe--Social life and customs--To 1500.

Europe.

Physical Description:

1 online resource.

Place of Publication:

Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2019.

System Details:

text file

Summary:

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. This book covers a wide range of topics, including the magical texts which circulated in medieval Europe, the attitudes of intellectuals and churchmen to magic, the ways in which magic intersected with other aspects of medieval culture, and the early witch trials of the fifteenth century. In doing so, it offers the reader a detailed look at the impact that magic had within medieval society, such as its relationship to gender roles, natural philosophy, and courtly culture. This is furthered by the book's interdisciplinary approach, containing chapters dedicated to archaeology, literature, music, and visual culture, as well as texts and manuscripts. The Routledge History of Medieval Magic also outlines how research on this subject could develop in the future, highlighting under-explored subjects, unpublished sources, and new approaches to the topic. It is the ideal book for both established scholars and students of medieval magic.

Contents:

Cover; Half Title; Series Page; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; List of figures; Acknowledgements; List of contributors; Introduction; PART I: Conceptualizing magic; 1 Rethinking how to define magic; 2 For magic: Against method; 3 A discourse historical approach towards medieval learned magic; 4 The concept of magic; 5 Responses; PART II: Languages and dissemination; 6 Arabic magic: The impetus for translating texts and their reception; 7 The Latin encounter with Hebrew magic: Problems and approaches; 8 Magic in Romance languages; 9 Central and Eastern Europe; 10 Magic in Celtic lands

11 ScandinaviaPART III: Key genres and figures; 12 From Hermetic magic to the magic of marvels; 13 The notion of properties: Tensions between Scientia and Ars in medieval natural philosophy and magic; 14 Solomonic magic; 15 Necromancy; 16 John of Morigny; 17 Cecco d'Ascoli and Antonio da Montolmo: The building of a "nigromantical" cosmology and the birth of the author-magician; 18 Beringarius Ganellus and the Summa sacre magice: Magic as the promotion of God's Kingship; 19 Jerome Torrella and "Astrological Images"; 20 Peter of Zealand; PART IV: Themes (magic and...)

21 Magic and natural philosophy22 Medicine and magic; 23 Illusion; 24 Magic at court; 25 Magic and gender; 26 Magic in literature: Romance transformations; 27 Music; 28 Magic and archaeology: Ritual residues and "odd" deposits; 29 The visual culture of magic in the Middle ages; 30 Medieval magical figures: Between image and text; PART V: Anti-magical discourse in the later Middle Ages; 31 Scholasticism and high medieval opposition to magic; 32 Pastoral literature and preaching; 33 Superstition and sorcery; 34 Witchcraft

35 Epilogue: Cosmology and magic

The angel of Mars in the Libro de astromagiaFurther reading; Index

Notes:

OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.

ISBN:

9781317042761

131704276X

9781317042754

1317042751

9781315613192

1315613190

9781317042747

1317042743

OCLC:

1081315370

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