Magus: The Art of Magic from Faustus to Agrippa

by Anthony Grafton

Book Overview

A revelatory new account of the magus--the learned magician--and his place in the intellectual, social, and cultural world of Renaissance Europe.

In literary legend, Faustus is the quintessential occult personality of early modern Europe. The historical Faustus, however, was something quite different: a magus--a learned magician fully embedded in the scholarly currents and public life of the Renaissance. And he was hardly the only...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0674659732
• ISBN13: 9780674659735
• Release Date: December 2023
• Publisher: Belknap Press
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 1.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.5" x 9.5"