The Transformations of Magic: Illicit Learned Magic in the Later Middle Ages and Renaissance
(Part of the Magic in History Series)
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In this original, provocative, well-reasoned, and thoroughly documented book, Frank Klaassen proposes that two principal genres of illicit learned magic occur in late medieval manuscripts: image magic, which could be interpreted and justified in scholastic terms, and ritual magic (in its extreme form, overt necromancy), which could not. Image magic tended to be recopied faithfully; ritual magic tended to be adapted and reworked. These two forms...
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0271056274
ISBN13:9780271056272
Release Date:May 2015
Publisher:Penn State University Press
Length:280 Pages
Weight:0.95 lbs.
Dimensions:0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"
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