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Author Fanger, Claire, author.

Title Rewriting magic : an exegesis of the visionary autobiography of a fourteenth-century French monk / Claire Fanger.

Publication Info. University Park, Pennsylvania : The Pennsylvania State University Press, [2015]

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Description 1 online resource (xv, 215 pages).
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Series Magic in history
Magic in history.
Summary "Examines the text and background of The Flowers of Heavenly Teaching, an autobiography by the fourteenth-century Benedictine monk John of Morigny. Explores how the author negotiated the categories of magic and heresy in relation to Christianity"--Provided by publisher.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Like stones of fire : I encounter the book of visions -- A mysticism of signs and things : the Ars notoria and the sacraments -- Penance : the sacrament of the middle of life -- Errors of intellect, errors of will : I encounter the book of figures -- Magical objects of knowledge : categorizing the exceptive arts -- Visionary exegesis and prophecy : milk and meat.
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Subject John, of Morigny, active 13th century-14th century. Liber florum celestis doctrine.
Magic -- Religious aspects -- Christianity.
Magic -- Religious aspects -- Christianity.
Christian heresies.
Christian heresies.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Other Form: Print version: Fanger, Claire. Rewriting magic 9780271066509 (DLC) 2014046791 (OCoLC)900867868
ISBN 9780271072036 (electronic book)
0271072032 (electronic book)
9780271066509
0271066504