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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Autor principal: Klaassen, Frank F.
Format: Libro
Lenguaje:inglés
Published: University Park, Pennsylvania : The Pennsylvania State University Press, [2013]
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.
Descripción
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.
Descripción Física:x, 280 pages ; 24 cm.
ISBN:9780271056265 (cloth : alk. paper)
0271056266 (cloth : alk. paper)