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Title: Magic in the Middle Ages (Canto) by Richard Kieckhefer ISBN: 0-521-78576-6 Publisher: Cambridge University Press Pub. Date: 01 May, 2000 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $17.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.6 (5 reviews)
Rating: 2
Summary: "Magic in the Middle Ages" is a good source of medieval info
Comment: 'Magic in the Middle Ages' takes a profound look at an important part of medieval culture that is most often overlooked by authors and even by professors in the field of Medieval History. The practices in the mentioned time period had major affects on the subsequent practices Europeans. Also, the study looks at the thin line between what were considered religious rituals and that which was considered magic. It looks at the views of Europeans that were heavily influenced by classical thought up until the prohibition of the so-called odd practices of the different types of magic began. It assimilates some of the superstitious practices of today with those of six or seven centuries ago.
Rating: 2
Summary: Rather Lacking
Comment: This book has about 200 pages of information. At best, I would call it an OVERVIEW, but by no means complete. I was really disapointed by the lack on information regarding Pagan ties to magic. The total number of pages relating to that topic is 7. 7!!! Thats pathetic! Divination is barely touched on... this is just an extremely breif book. I honestly wouldn't recommend this book to anyone unless they wanted a concise text about Magic in Literature of the Middle Ages. That is honesly the only topic explained enough.
Rating: 5
Summary: Excellent Introductory History of Magic
Comment: Richard Kieckhefer's "Magic in the Middle Ages" is a relatively short but comprehensive scholarly summary of the long and fascinating history of magic during Europe's middle ages and its relationship to witchcraft. The author analyzes the many varied influences on magical beliefs from classical literature, folk beliefs, magical texts, biblical sources, and contemporary scholarly and theological treatises. He shows how the beliefs in magic changed over time and how each area influenced the popular and scholarly beliefs in magic and the supernatural. Ultimately, he shows that beliefs in magic, like relgion to which it is closely related, changes over time as people's perceptions change. He also shows the relationship between magic and witchcraft and how they both played roles in the witch craze of the early modern period. This book is required reading in many witchcraft and medieval studies classes and justly so.
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Title: The Rise of Magic in Early Medieval Europe by Valerie Irene Jane Flint ISBN: 0691001103 Publisher: Princeton University Press Pub. Date: 24 January, 1994 List Price(USD): $26.95 |
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Title: Forbidden Rites: A Necromancer's Manual of the Fifteenth Century (Magic in History) by Richard Kieckhefer ISBN: 0271017511 Publisher: Pennsylvania State University Press Pub. Date: 01 February, 1998 List Price(USD): $17.84 |
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Title: Battling Demons: Witchcraft, Heresy, and Reform in the Late Middle Ages (Magic in History) by Michael D. Bailey ISBN: 0271022264 Publisher: Pennsylvania State University Press Pub. Date: 01 January, 2003 List Price(USD): $22.50 |
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Title: Witchcraft and Magic in Europe: The Middle Ages (Witchcraft and Magic in Europe) by Karen Jolly, Catharina Raudvere, Edward Peters, Bengt Ankarloo, Stuart Clark ISBN: 0812217861 Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press Pub. Date: 01 April, 2002 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
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Title: Witchcraft in Europe, 400-1700: A Documentary History (Middle Ages Series) by Alan Charles Kors, Edward Peters ISBN: 0812217519 Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press Pub. Date: 01 December, 2000 List Price(USD): $22.50 |
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