Textual magic : charms and written amulets in medieval England / Katherine Storm Hindley.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hindley, Katherine Storm, author.

Series:

Chicago scholarship online.

Chicago scholarship online

Language:

English

English, Middle (1100-1500)

Latin

Romance (Other)

Subjects (All):

Charms--England--History--To 1500.

Charms.

Magic--England--History--To 1500.

Magic.

Healing--Religious aspects--Christianity--History--To 1500.

Healing.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (314 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Chicago : The University of Chicago Press, 2024.

Language Note:

Text in English, partially translated from the Middle English, Medieval Latin and Anglo-Norman.

Summary:

Medieval Europeans often resorted to the use of spoken or written charms to ensure health or fend off danger. Hindley draws on an unprecedented archive of more than a thousand such charms from medieval England - more than twice the number gathered, transcribed, and edited in previous studies and including many texts still unknown to specialists on this topic. Focusing on charms from 1100 to 1350 CE as well as previously unstudied texts in Latin, French, and English, Hindley addresses important questions of how people thought about language, belief, and power.

Contents:

Introduction : reading, writing, and charming

The powers of charm-words and relics

Before 1100 : "textual magic" in pre-conquest England

1100 to 1350 : charm langauge and the boundaries of text

1350 to 1500 : "a fayre charme on Englysh"

Conclusion : the changing power of words.

Notes:

Previously issued in print: 2023.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

Other Format:

Print version: Hindley, Katherine Storm Textual Magic

ISBN:

9780226825342

0226825345

OCLC:

1381711316