Routledge History of Medieval Magic

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Magic also outlines how research on this subject could develop in the future, highlighting under-explored subjects, unpublished sources, and new approaches to the topic.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.

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Introduction

Sophie Page and Catherine Rider


Part I: 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

David. L. d'Avray


5 Responses

Richard Kieckhefer, David. L. d'Avray, Bernd-Christian Ott o, and Claire Fanger


Part I I: 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

Sebastia Giralt


9 Central and Eastern Europe

Benedek Lang


10 Magic in Celtic lands

Mark Williams


11 Scandinavia

Stephen A. Mitchell


Part I I I: Key genres and figures


12 From Hermetic magic to the magic of marvels

Antonella Sannino


13 The notion of properties: Tensions between


Scientia and Ars in medieval natural philosophy

and magic

Isabelle Draelants


14 Solomonic magic

Julien Veronese


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 IV: Themes (magic and...)


21 Magic and natural philosophy

St even 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 Garcia Aviles


30 Medieval magical figures: Between image and text

Sophie Page


Part V: 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

Mart ine Ostorero


35 Epilogue: Cosmology and magic - The angel of Mars<

Info autore

Sophie Page is an Associate Professor in Late Medieval History at UCL. She is working on medieval magic and astrology, especially in relation to religion, natural philosophy, medicine, and cosmology.

Catherine Rider is an Associate Professor in Medieval History at the University of Exeter. Her research focuses on the history of magic in the later Middle Ages, looking especially at the relationship between magic and the medieval church.

Riassunto

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.

Testo aggiuntivo

"The breadth of this volume – geographical, linguistic, chronological and disciplinary – is a
huge feat, and The Routledge History of Medieval Magic is an important addition to existing
scholarship. The sections entitled ‘Future directions’ are perhaps the book’s most important
component, providing a way forward for future research in a field that offers so much, standing as
it does, in the words of Kieckhefer, at a ‘kind of crossroads where different pathways in medieval
culture converge’." Joanne Edge Ceræ: An Australasian Journal of Medieval and Early Modern Studies

Relazione

"The breadth of this volume - geographical, linguistic, chronological and disciplinary - is a
huge feat, and The Routledge History of Medieval Magic is an important addition to existing
scholarship. The sections entitled 'Future directions' are perhaps the book's most important
component, providing a way forward for future research in a field that offers so much, standing as
it does, in the words of Kieckhefer, at a 'kind of crossroads where different pathways in medieval
culture converge'." Joanne Edge Ceræ: An Australasian Journal of Medieval and Early Modern Studies

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Sophie Page, Sophie Rider Page, Page Sophie, Catherine Rider, Rider Catherine
• Con la collaborazione di: Sophie Page (Editore), Catherine Rider (Editore)
• Editore: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 30.06.2021
• EAN: 9781032093994
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3209399-4
• Pagine: 568
• Serie: Routledge Histories
• Categorie: Scienze umane, arte, musica > Storia > Tematiche generali, enciclopedie; HISTORY / General, Social & cultural history, CE period up to c 1500, Medieval History, Historiography, Social and cultural history, HISTORY / Europe / Medieval