Magic in History: Illicit Learned Magic in the Later Middle Ages and Renaissance

By Frank Klaassen

Book Overview

Explores two principal genres of illicit learned magic in late medieval manuscripts: image magic, which could be interpreted and justified in scholastic terms, and ritual magic, which could not.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0271056274
• ISBN13: 9780271056272
• Release Date: May 2015
• Publisher: Penn State University Press
• Length: 280 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"