Rewriting Magic - An Exegesis of the Visionary Autobiography of a Fourteenth-Century French Monk

Examines the text and background of The Flowers of Heavenly Teaching, an autobiography by the fourteenth-century Benedictine monk John of Morigny. Explores how the author negotiated the categories of magic and heresy in relation to Christianity.

About the author

Claire Fanger is Assistant Professor of Religion at Rice University. She is the editor of Invoking Angels: Theurgic Ideas and Practices, Thirteenth to Sixteenth Centuries (Penn State, 2012) and Conjuring Spirits: Texts and Traditions of Medieval Ritual Magic (Penn State, 1998).

Summary

Examines the text and background of The Flowers of Heavenly Teaching, an autobiography by the fourteenth-century Benedictine monk John of Morigny. Explores how the author negotiated the categories of magic and heresy in relation to Christianity.

Product details

• Authors: Claire Fanger, Claire Fanger, Claire (Rice University) Fanger, Fanger Claire
• Publisher: University Presses
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 13.04.2015
• EAN: 9780271066509
• ISBN: 978-0-271-06650-9
• Dimensions: 156 mm x 235 mm x 25 mm
• Weight: 499 g
• Illustrations: Raster,schwarz-weiss
• Series: Magic in History; Magic in History
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Modern era up to 1918; Europe, RELIGION / History, HISTORY / Europe / France, RELIGION / Christianity / History, BODY, MIND & SPIRIT / Magick Studies, History of Religion, Early history: c 500 to c 1450/1500, Magic, alchemy & hermetic thought, European history: medieval period, middle ages, HISTORY / Europe / Medieval, French Revolution