{"product_id":"forbidden-rites-9780271017518","title":"Forbidden Rites","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e“\u003ci\u003eForbidden Rites\u003c\/i\u003e lays a solid foundation for future research on this topic and establishes a very high scholarly standard.”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e—Frank Klaassen \u003ci\u003eCanadian Journal of History\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e“\u003ci\u003eForbidden Rites \u003c\/i\u003elays a solid foundation for future research on this topic and establishes a very high scholarly standard.”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e—Frank Klaassen \u003ci\u003eCanadian Journal of History\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e“\u003ci\u003eForbidden Rites\u003c\/i\u003e, in illuminating the continuities between the orthodox and the illicit, greatly enriches our knowledge of this period in which necromancy flourished.”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e—Jane E. Jenkins \u003ci\u003eISIS\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e“This book is enormously important. Building on his previous work, especially \u003ci\u003eMagic in the Middle Ages \u003c\/i\u003e(Cambridge, 1989), the author develops his formative insights into the subject of religion and magic in the late Middle Ages and also offers an edition of a truncated, therefore authorless and titleless, fifteenth-century manuscript (in Munich Clm 849) of a magical handbook.”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e—Jeffrey Burton Russell \u003ci\u003eChurch History\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e“This book provides a vivid and detailed picture of medieval magical practice from the inside. With his edition of the Latin text and thorough analysis which accompanies it, Professor Kieckhefer has made accessible the aims, intents, and mentalities of the medieval necromancer.”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e—Gillian Pritchard \u003ci\u003eMedieval History\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e“\u003ci\u003eForbidden Rites \u003c\/i\u003eopens a window onto aspects of late-medieval religion and culture that have often been hidden in the shadows. The material is fascinating, the arguments compelling. . . . All told, this is one of the most important works on late medieval magic from one of its most perceptive historians.”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e—Rudolph Paul Almasy \u003ci\u003eSixteenth Century Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e“I was captivated . . . by \u003ci\u003eForbidden Rites\u003c\/i\u003e, part of an excellent series under the rubric Magic in History; with wonderful wit and succinct contextual insights, Richard Kieckhefer has edited a German wizard’s grimoire, packed with spells for Prospero-like conjurations of phantom banquets and castles in the air, as well as complicated charms, many involving hoopoes, against all manner of ills.”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e—Marina Warner \u003ci\u003eTimes Literary Supplement\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Pennsylvania State University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49400774525271,"sku":"9780271017518","price":27.86,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780271017518.jpg?v=1730471542","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/forbidden-rites-9780271017518","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}