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"--Provided by publisher.
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| Format: | Libro |
| Lenguaje: | inglés |
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University Park, Pennsylvania :
The Pennsylvania State University Press,
[2013]
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| Colección: | Magic in history.
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| Sumario: | "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"--Provided by publisher. |
| Notas: | Magic and natural philosophy -- Scholastic image magic before 1500 -- Some apparent exceptions: image magic or necromancy? The ars notoria and the sworn book of honorius -- The magic of demons and angels -- Sixteenth-century collections of magic texts -- Medieval ritual magic and Renaissance magic. |
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| Descripción Física: | x, 280 pages ; 24 cm. |
| ISBN: | 9780271056265 (cloth : alk. paper) 0271056266 (cloth : alk. paper) |