Magic and Magicians in the Middle Ages and the Early Modern Time: The Occult in Pre-Modern Sciences, Medicine, Literature, Religion, and Astrology

Published by De Gruyter 2017

Magic and Magicians in the Middle Ages and the Early Modern Time

The Occult in Pre-Modern Sciences, Medicine, Literature, Religion, and Astrology

Edited by: Albrecht Classen

Volume 20 in the series Fundamentals of Medieval and Early Modern Culture

https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110557725

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About this book

There are no clear demarcation lines between magic, astrology, necromancy, medicine, and even sciences in the pre-modern world. Under the umbrella term 'magic,' the contributors to this volume examine a wide range of texts, both literary and religious, both medical and philosophical, in which the topic is discussed from many different perspectives. The fundamental concerns address issue such as how people perceived magic, whether they accepted it and utilized it for their own purposes, and what impact magic might have had on the mental structures of that time. While some papers examine the specific appearance of magicians in literary texts, others analyze the practical application of magic in medical contexts. In addition, this volume includes studies that deal with the rise of the witch craze in the late fifteenth century and then also investigate whether the Weberian notion of disenchantment pertaining to the modern world can be maintained. Magic is, oddly but significantly, still around us and exerts its influence. Focusing on magic in the medieval world thus helps us to shed light on human culture at large.

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Albrecht Classen, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, USA

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Table of Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	v
List of Illustrations Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	ix
Magic in the Middle Ages and the Early Modern Age – Literature, Science, Religion, Philosophy, Music, and Art. An Introduction Albrecht Classen Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
Magical (and Maligned) Metalworkers: Understanding Representations of Early and High Medieval Blacksmiths Warren Tormey Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	109
Painted Eyes, Magical Sieves and Carved Runes: Charms for Catching and Punishing Thieves in the Medieval and Early Modern Germanic Tradition Chiara Benati Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	149
Constructing the Magical Biography of the Irish Druid Mog Ruith Aideen M. O’Leary Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	219
Zum Umgang mit Zauberern im Rahmen frühmittelalterlicher Missionsanstrengungen (Dealing with Magicians Within the Framework of Early Medieval Missionizing Efforts) Christoph Galle Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	231
Magic and Science: The Portail des libraires, Rouen Nurit Golan Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	259
The Magic of Love: Queen Isolde, the Magician Clinschor, and “Seeing” in Gottfried’s Tristan and Wolfram’s Parzival Christopher R. Clason Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	291
Magical Gifts in Gottfried von Strassburg’s Tristan und Isolde and the Rejection of Magic Rosmarie Thee Morewedge Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	315
Was Eustace Diabolical? Magic and Devilry in Le roman de Wistasse le moine Cristina Azuela Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	337
Merlin, or, a Prophet Turning Magician Anne Berthelot Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	377
The Book of Zabulon – A Quest for Hidden Secrets: Intertextuality and Magical Genealogy in Middle High German Literature, with an Emphasis on Reinfried von Braunschweig Christa Agnes Tuczay Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	397
Miracles and Magic: Necromantic Practices Found in Cantiga 125 Veronica Menaldi Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	423
Magic at the Margins: The Mystification of Maugis d’Aigremont Kathleen Jarchow Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	439
The Magician at Home with his Family: Comparative Historical Ethnographies of Two Pre- Modern Magicians from Autobiographical Sources: John of Morigny and the Tibetan Monk Milarepa Claire Fanger Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	475
Curious Clerks: Image Magic and Chaucerian Poetics Lisa M. C. Weston Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	489
Representing Magic and Science in The Franklin’s Tale and The Canon’s Yeoman’s Tale: Chaucer’s Exploration of Connected Topics Daniel F. Pigg Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	507
Magic in Late Medieval German Literature: The Case of the Good Magician Malagis Albrecht Classen Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	523
Motives, Means, and a Malevolent Mantel: The Case of Morgan le Fay’s Transgressions in Sir Thomas Malory’s Le Morte Darthur Dalicia K. Raymond Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	547
Witchcraft, Heinrich Kramer’s Nuremburg Handbook, and Ecclesiasticus: The Construction of the Fifteenth-Century Civic Sorceress Amiri Ayanna Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	565
Magic and Ritual in Late-Medieval and Early-Modern Popular Medicine David Tomíček Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	591
Attempted Murder by Magic: The Sorcerer and His Apprentice in Marguerite de Navarre’s Heptaméron 1 Elizabeth Chesney Zegura Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	609
How Magical Was Renaissance Magic? Thomas Willard Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	637
Magic in Jacob Cornelisz van Oostsanen’s Saul and the Witch of Endor Martha Moffitt Peacock Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	657
Heterochronic Representation of Magic in Czech Chapbooks Jiří Koten Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	685
Rethinking Max Weber’s Theory of Disenchantment Allison P. Coudert Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	705
Contributors Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	741
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	749

Languages: English, German
Publisher: De Gruyter
Audience: Medievalists, Early Modernists, all those interested in the culture of the Middle Ages and Early Modern Age
Pages
- Front matter: 10
- Main content: 757
Illustrations
- Illustrations: 22
- Coloured Illustrations: 13

eBook

Published: October 23, 2017
ISBN: 9783110557725

Hardcover

Published: October 23, 2017
ISBN: 9783110556070