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Magic in the Middle Ages

Authors

Richard Kieckhefer, Northwestern University, Illinois
Published 2021

Description

How was magic practiced in medieval times? How did it relate to the diverse beliefs and practices that characterized this fascinating period? This much revised and expanded new edition of Magic in the Middle Ages surveys the growth and development of magic in medieval Europe. It takes into account the extensive new developments in the history of medieval magic in recent years, featuring new material on angel magic, the archaeology of magic, and the magical efficacy of words and imagination.…

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Key features

  • Extensively revised and expanded to bring the reader up-to-date on current scholarship, including a new chapter on angel magic
  • Engages readers with a clear and lively account of various types of magic, both natural ('white') and demonic ('black'), and of attitudes to their existence and to ways of using them
  • Explores the relationship between magic and religion, science, philosophy, art, literature and politics, providing readers with an integrated perspective

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