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The transformations of magic : illicit learned magic in the later Middle Ages and Renaissance /

Explores two principal genres of illicit learned magic in late Medieval manuscripts: image magic, which could be interpreted and justified in scholastic terms, and ritual magic, which could not.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Klaassen, Frank F.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: University Park : Pennsylvania State University Press, [2013]
Series:Magic in history.
Subjects:
Magic > Manuscripts > History.
Manuscripts, Medieval.
Manuscripts, Renaissance.
Magic > Religious aspects > Christianity.
Magic > England > History.
Description
Summary:Explores two principal genres of illicit learned magic in late Medieval manuscripts: image magic, which could be interpreted and justified in scholastic terms, and ritual magic, which could not.
Physical Description:x, 280 pages ; 24 cm.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780271056265 (cloth : alk. paper)
0271056266 (cloth : alk. paper)