{"product_id":"the-routledge-history-of-medieval-magic-9781472447302","title":"The Routledge History of Medieval Magic","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Routledge History of Medieval Magic\u003c\/em\u003e brings together the work of scholars from across Europe and North America to provide extensive insights into recent developments in the study of medieval magic between c.1100 and c.1500. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book covers a wide range of topics, including the magical texts which circulated in medieval Europe, the attitudes of intellectuals and churchmen to magic, the ways in which magic intersected with other aspects of medieval culture, and the early witch trials of the fifteenth century. In doing so, it offers the reader a detailed look at the impact that magic had within medieval society, such as its relationship to gender roles, natural philosophy, and courtly culture. This is furthered by the book's interdisciplinary approach, containing chapters dedicated to archaeology, literature, music, and visual culture, as well as texts and manuscripts. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Routledge History of Medieval Magic also outlines how research on \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"The breadth of this volume – geographical, linguistic, chronological and disciplinary – is a \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ehuge feat, and The Routledge History of Medieval Magic is an important addition to existing \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003escholarship. The sections entitled ‘Future directions’ are perhaps the book’s most important \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ecomponent, providing a way forward for future research in a field that offers so much, standing as \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eit does, in the words of Kieckhefer, at a ‘kind of crossroads where different pathways in medieval \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eculture converge’.\" Joanne Edge \u003ci\u003eCeræ: An Australasian Journal of Medieval and Early Modern Studies\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntroduction\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSophie Page and Catherine Rider\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePart I: Conceptualizing magic\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e1 Rethinking how to define magic\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRichard Kieckhefer\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e2 For magic: Against method\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eClaire Fanger\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e3 A discourse historical approach towards medieval\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003elearned magic\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBernd-Christian Otto\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e4 The concept of magic\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDavid. L. d’Avray\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e5 Responses\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRichard Kieckhefer, David. L. d’Avray, Bernd-Christian Ott o, and Claire Fanger\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePart I I: Languages and dissemination\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e6 Arabic magic: The impetus for translating texts and their\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ereception\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCharles Burnett\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e7 The Latin encounter with Hebrew magic: Problems\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eand approaches\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eKatelyn Mesler\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e8 Magic in Romance languages\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSebastia Giralt\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e9 Central and Eastern Europe\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBenedek Lang\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e10 Magic in Celtic lands\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMark Williams\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e11 Scandinavia\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eStephen A. Mitchell\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePart I I I: Key genres and figures\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e12 From Hermetic magic to the magic of marvels\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAntonella Sannino\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e13 The notion of properties: Tensions between\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eScientia and \u003ci\u003eArs \u003c\/i\u003ein medieval natural philosophy\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eand magic\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIsabelle Draelants\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e14 Solomonic magic\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJulien Veronese\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e15 Necromancy\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrank Klaassen\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e16 John of Morigny\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eClaire Fanger and Nicholas Watson\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e17 Cecco d’Ascoli and Antonio da Montolmo: The building\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eof a “nigromantical” cosmology and the birth of the\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eauthor-magician\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNicolas Weill-Parot\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e18 Beringarius Ganellus and the \u003cem\u003eSumma sacre magice: \u003c\/em\u003eMagic\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eas the promotion of God’s Kingship\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDamaris Aschera Gehr\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e19 Jerome Torrella and “Astrological Images”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNicolas Weill-Parot\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e20 Peter of Zealand\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJean-Marc Mandosio\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePart IV: Themes (magic and…)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e21 Magic and natural philosophy\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSt even P. Marrone\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e22 Medicine and magic\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePeter Murray Jones and Lea T. Olsan\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e23 Illusion\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRobert Goulding\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e24 Magic at court\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJean-Patrice Boudet\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e25 Magic and gender\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCatherine Rider\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e26 Magic in literature: Romance transformations\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCorinne Saunders\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e27 Music\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJohn Haines\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e28 Magic and archaeology: Ritual residues and\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“odd” deposits\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRoberta Gilchrist\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e29 The visual culture of magic in the Middle Ages\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAlejandro Garcia Aviles\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e30 Medieval magical figures: Between image and text\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSophie Page\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePart V: Anti-magical discourse in the later Middle Ages\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e31 Scholasticism and high medieval opposition to magic\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDavid J. Collins\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e32 Pastoral literature and preaching \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eKathleen Kamerick\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e33 Superstition and sorcery\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMichael D. Bailey\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e34 Witchcraft\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMart ine Ostorero\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e35 Epilogue: Cosmology and magic – The angel of Mars\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ein the \u003ci\u003eLibro de astromagia\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAlejandro Garcia Aviles\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFurther reading\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIndex\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50578074403159,"sku":"9781472447302","price":204.25,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781472447302.jpg?v=1746097762","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-routledge-history-of-medieval-magic-9781472447302","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}