THE ROUTLEDGE HISTORY OF MEDIEVAL MAGIC (Eds. Sophie Page / Catherine Rider) (HARDBACK EDITION, Routledge, 2019)
The Routledge History of Medieval Magic 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.
This 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.
The Routledge History of Medieval Magic also outlines how research on this subject could develop in the future, highlighting under-explored subjects, unpublished sources, and new approaches to the topic. It is the ideal book for both established scholars and students of medieval magic.
Table of Contents
Part One: Conceptualizing Magic
1. Rethinking How to Define Magic - Richard Kieckhefer
2. For Magic: against Method - Claire Fanger
3. A Discourse Historical Approach towards Medieval Learned Magic - Bernd-Christian Otto
4. The Concept of Magic - D. L. d’Avray
5. Responses - Richard Kieckhefer, D. L. d’Avray, Bernd-Christian Otto and Claire Fanger
Part Two: Languages and Dissemination
6. Arabic Magic: the Impetus for Translating Texts, and their Reception - Charles Burnett
7. The Latin Encounter with Hebrew Magic: Problems and Approaches - Katelyn Mesler
8. Magic in Romance languages - Sebastià Giralt
9. Central and Eastern Europe - Benedek Láng
10. Magic in Celtic Lands - Mark Williams
11. Scandinavia - Stephen A. Mitchell
Part Three: Key Genres and Figures
12. From Hermetic Magic to the Magic of Marvels - Antonella Sannino
13. The Notion of Properties: A Tension Between Sciencia and Ars in Medieval Natural Philosophy and Magic - Isabelle Draelants
14. Solomonic Magic - Julien Véronèse
15. Necromancy - Frank Klaassen
16. John of Morigny - Claire Fanger and Nicholas Watson
17. Cecco d’Ascoli and Antonio da Montolmo: The Building of a "Nigromantical" Cosmology and the Birth of the Author-Magician - Nicolas Weill-Parot
18. Beringarius Ganellus and the Summa sacre magice: Magic as the Promotion of God’s Kingship - Damaris Aschera Gehr
19. Jerome Torrella and Astrological Images - Nicolas Weill-Parot
20. Peter of Zealand - Jean-Marc Mandosio
Part Four: Themes (Magic and…)
21. Magic and Natural Philosophy - Steven P. Marrone
22. Medicine and Magic - Peter Murray Jones and Lea T. Olsan
23. Illusion - Robert Goulding
24. Magic at Court - Jean-Patrice Boudet
25. Magic and Gender - Catherine Rider
26. Magic in Literature: Romance Transformations - Corinne Saunders
27. Music - John Haines
28. Magic and Archaeology: Ritual Residues and ‘Odd Deposits’ - Roberta Gilchrist
29. The Visual Culture of Magic in the Middle Ages - Alejandro García Avilés
30. Medieval Magical Figures: Between Image and Text - Sophie Page
Part Five: Anti-Magical Discourse in the Later Middle Ages
31. Scholasticism and High Medieval Opposition to Magic - David J. Collins
32. Pastoral Literature and Preaching - Kathleen Kamerick
33. Superstition and Sorcery - Michael D. Bailey
34. Witchcraft - Martine Ostorero
35. Epilogue: Cosmology and Magic: the Angel of Mars in the Libro de Astromagia - Alejandro García Avilés
36. Further Reading
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