Magic in the Middle Ages
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1989
Cambridge University Press (Verlag)
978-0-521-31202-8 (ISBN)
Cambridge University Press (Verlag)
978-0-521-31202-8 (ISBN)
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This textbook deals with magic, both natural and demonic, within the broad context of medieval culture. Covering the years c 500 to 1500, with a chapter on antiquity, it adopts an interdisciplinary approach in investigating the way magic relates to the many other cultural forms of the time.
This textbook deals with magic, both natural and demonic, within the broad context of medieval culture. Covering the years c. 500 to 1500, with a chapter on antiquity, it invesigates the way magic relates to the many other cultural forms of the time, such as religion and science, literature and art. The book begins with a full discussion of the social history of magic and of the ways in which magical beliefs borrowed from a diversity of cultures. Thereafter, within a wider study of the growth and development of the phenomenon, the author shows how magic served as a point of contact between the popular and elite classes, how the reality of beliefs is reflected in the fiction witchcraft led to changes in the law. The chapter on medieval literature, and how the permagicalsecution of magic and er on necromancy is the most original, based largely on unpublished manuscripts and arguing for a new interpretation of the material. Adopting an interdisciplinary approach Professor Kieckhefer has taken magic from its cultural isolation and placed it firmly at the crossroads of medieval culture, as a focal point for our understanding of many other aspects of medieval history.
This textbook deals with magic, both natural and demonic, within the broad context of medieval culture. Covering the years c. 500 to 1500, with a chapter on antiquity, it invesigates the way magic relates to the many other cultural forms of the time, such as religion and science, literature and art. The book begins with a full discussion of the social history of magic and of the ways in which magical beliefs borrowed from a diversity of cultures. Thereafter, within a wider study of the growth and development of the phenomenon, the author shows how magic served as a point of contact between the popular and elite classes, how the reality of beliefs is reflected in the fiction witchcraft led to changes in the law. The chapter on medieval literature, and how the permagicalsecution of magic and er on necromancy is the most original, based largely on unpublished manuscripts and arguing for a new interpretation of the material. Adopting an interdisciplinary approach Professor Kieckhefer has taken magic from its cultural isolation and placed it firmly at the crossroads of medieval culture, as a focal point for our understanding of many other aspects of medieval history.
Magic as a crossroads; the classical inheritance; the twilight of paganism - magic in Norse and Irish culture; the common tradition of medieval magic; the romance of magic in courtly culture; Arabic learning and the occult sciences; necromancy in the clerical underworld; prohibition, condemnation, and prosecution.
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 30.11.1989 |
|---|---|
| Reihe/Serie | Cambridge Medieval Textbooks |
| Zusatzinfo | Worked examples or Exercises |
| Verlagsort | Cambridge |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 137 x 216 mm |
| Gewicht | 320 g |
| Themenwelt | Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Mittelalter |
| Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte | |
| ISBN-10 | 0-521-31202-7 / 0521312027 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0-521-31202-8 / 9780521312028 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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