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1 online resource. |
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| Series |
Fundamentals of medieval and early modern culture ; volume 20
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Fundamentals of medieval and early modern culture ; v. 20.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
""Table of Contents""; ""List of Illustrations""; ""Magic in the Middle Ages and the Early Modern Age â#x80;#x93; Literature, Science, Religion, Philosophy, Music, and Art. An Introduction""; ""Magical (and Maligned) Metalworkers: Understanding Representations of Early and High Medieval Blacksmiths""; ""Painted Eyes, Magical Sieves and Carved Runes: Charms for Catching and Punishing Thieves in the Medieval and Early Modern Germanic Tradition""; ""Constructing the Magical Biography of the Irish Druid Mog Ruith"" |
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""Zum Umgang mit Zauberern im Rahmen frühmittelalterlicher Missionsanstrengungen (Dealing with Magicians Within the Framework of Early Medieval Missionizing Efforts)""""Magic and Science: The Portail des libraires, Rouen""; ""The Magic of Love: Queen Isolde, the Magician Clinschor, and â#x80;#x9C;Seeingâ#x80;#x9D; in Gottfriedâ#x80;#x99;s Tristan and Wolframâ#x80;#x99;s Parzival""; ""Magical Gifts in Gottfried von Strassburgâ#x80;#x99;s Tristan und Isolde and the Rejection of Magic""; ""Was Eustace Diabolical? Magic and Devilry in Le roman de Wistasse le moine""; ""Merlin, or, a Prophet Turning Magician"" |
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""The Book of Zabulon â#x80;#x93; A Quest for Hidden Secrets: Intertextuality and Magical Genealogy in Middle High German Literature, with an Emphasis on Reinfried von Braunschweig""""Miracles and Magic: Necromantic Practices Found in Cantiga 125""; ""Magic at the Margins: The Mystification of Maugis dâ#x80;#x99;Aigremont""; ""The Magician at Home with his Family: Comparative Historical Ethnographies of Two Pre- Modern Magicians from Autobiographical Sources: John of Morigny and the Tibetan Monk Milarepa""; ""Curious Clerks: Image Magic and Chaucerian Poetics"" |
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""Representing Magic and Science in The Franklinâ#x80;#x99;s Tale and The Canonâ#x80;#x99;s Yeomanâ#x80;#x99;s Tale: Chaucerâ#x80;#x99;s Exploration of Connected Topics""""Magic in Late Medieval German Literature: The Case of the Good Magician Malagis""; ""Motives, Means, and a Malevolent Mantel: The Case of Morgan le Fayâ#x80;#x99;s Transgressions in Sir Thomas Maloryâ#x80;#x99;s Le Morte Darthur""; ""Witchcraft, Heinrich Kramerâ#x80;#x99;s Nuremburg Handbook, and Ecclesiasticus: The Construction of the Fifteenth-Century Civic Sorceress""; ""Magic and Ritual in Late-Medieval and Early-Modern Popular Medicine"" |
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""Attempted Murder by Magic: The Sorcerer and His Apprentice in Marguerite de Navarreâ#x80;#x99;s Heptaméron 1""""How Magical Was Renaissance Magic?""; ""Magic in Jacob Cornelisz van Oostsanenâ#x80;#x99;s Saul and the Witch of Endor""; ""Heterochronic Representation of Magic in Czech Chapbooks""; ""Rethinking Max Weberâ#x80;#x99;s Theory of Disenchantment""; ""Contributors"" |
| Summary |
There are no clear demarcation lines between magic, astrology, necromancy, medicine, and even sciences in the pre-modern world. Under the umbrella term 'magic, ' the contributors to this volume examine a wide range of texts, both literary and religious, bo. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Language |
In English. |
| Subject |
Magic -- History.
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Magic. |
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History. |
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Magicians.
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Magicians. |
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Electronic books.
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History.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: 3110556073 9783110556070 (OCoLC)988290223 |
| ISBN |
9783110556520 (electronic book) |
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3110556529 (electronic book) |
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9783110557725 |
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311055772X |
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3110556073 |
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9783110556070 |
| Standard No. |
10.1515/9783110557725 |
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