Witchcraft and Magic in Europe, Volume 3: The Middle Ages: v.3 (The Athlone history of witchcraft & magic in Europe) - Softcover

Jolly, Karen

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0485891034 ISBN 13: 9780485891034

Publisher: The Athlone Press, 2002

Synopsis

Between the age of St. Augustine and the sixteenth century reformations magic continued to be both a matter of popular practice and of learned inquiry. This volume deals with its use in such contexts as healing and divination and as an aspect of the knowledge of nature's occult virtues and secrets.

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About the Author

Catharina Raudvere is professor of history of religions at the Department of Cross-Cultural and Regional Studies at Copenhagen University. She holds her Ph.D. from Lund University (Sweden). Professor Raudvere has previously taught at Lund University and been guest-researcher at UC Berkeley and in Istanbul. She has published research on Islam in Turkey and the Balkans, Sufism, Muslim ritual, religion and politics and the uses of history in contemporary cultural narratives. She has published The Book and the Roses: Sufi Women, Visibility, and Zikir in Contemporary Istanbul (2003) and edited Sufism Today.

Synopsis

This series looks at the history of witchcraft and magic in Europe from the earliest times to the present day. This volume looks at the Middle Ages.

Edition details

• Publisher: The Athlone Press
• Publication date: 2002
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0485891034
• ISBN 13: 9780485891034
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 294