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Magic in the Middle Ages
Language: en
Pages: 305
Authors: Richard Kieckhefer
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2021-09-09 - Publisher: Cambridge University Press

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How was magic practiced in medieval times? How did it relate to the diverse beliefs and practices that characterized this fascinating period? This much revised
Witchcraft and Magic in the Nordic Middle Ages
Language: en
Pages: 384
Authors: Stephen A. Mitchell
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2011-06-06 - Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press

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Stephen A. Mitchell here offers the fullest examination available of witchcraft in late medieval Scandinavia. He focuses on those people believed to be able—a
Magic and Magicians in the Middle Ages and the Early Modern Time
Language: en
Pages: 768
Authors: Albrecht Classen
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2017-10-23 - Publisher: Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG

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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 Book and the Magic of Reading in the Middle Ages
Language: en
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Authors: Albrecht Classen
Categories: Literary Criticism
Type: BOOK - Published: 2013-10-11 - Publisher: Routledge

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The computer revolution is upon us. The future of books and of reading are debated. Will there be books in the next millennium? Will we still be reading? As unc
Mythology in the Middle Ages
Language: en
Pages: 317
Authors: Christopher R. Fee
Categories: Social Science
Type: BOOK - Published: 2011-01-20 - Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA

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Placing heroes from a wide range of medieval traditions shoulder to shoulder, this title provides the opportunity to examine what is common across medieval myth