Magic in the cloister : pious motives, illicit interests, and occult approaches to the medieval universe /
Page, Sophie, 1972-
Magic in the cloister : pious motives, illicit interests, and occult approaches to the medieval universe / Sophie Page. - University Park, Pennsylvania : The Pennsylvania State University Press, (c)2013. - 1 online resource (x, 232 pages) : illustrations - The magic in history series .
Includes bibliographies and index.
Monks and their magic texts at St. Augustine's Abbey, Canterbury -- Natural magic : the basilisk and the lodestone -- The liber vaccae : magical uses of monstrous creations -- Image magic : harnessing power in the harmonious universe -- The liber de essentia spirituum : magic, revelation, and fellowship with spirits -- The ars notoria and its monastic audience -- Epilogue: John Dee, St. Augustine's manuscripts, and Renaissance magic.
"Utilizes the collection of magic texts from the late Middle Ages at St. Augustine's, Canterbury, to examine the orthodoxy of magical approaches to the medieval universe and to show how it was possible to combine magical studies with a monastic vocation"--Provided by publisher.
9780271060965 9780271069319
2013015330
St. Augustine's Abbey (Canterbury, England)--History.
Magic--Manuscripts--History.
Manuscripts, Medieval.
Magic--History.--England--Canterbury
Magic--Religious aspects--Christianity.
Electronic Books.
BF1593 / .M345 2013
Magic in the cloister : pious motives, illicit interests, and occult approaches to the medieval universe / Sophie Page. - University Park, Pennsylvania : The Pennsylvania State University Press, (c)2013. - 1 online resource (x, 232 pages) : illustrations - The magic in history series .
Includes bibliographies and index.
Monks and their magic texts at St. Augustine's Abbey, Canterbury -- Natural magic : the basilisk and the lodestone -- The liber vaccae : magical uses of monstrous creations -- Image magic : harnessing power in the harmonious universe -- The liber de essentia spirituum : magic, revelation, and fellowship with spirits -- The ars notoria and its monastic audience -- Epilogue: John Dee, St. Augustine's manuscripts, and Renaissance magic.
"Utilizes the collection of magic texts from the late Middle Ages at St. Augustine's, Canterbury, to examine the orthodoxy of magical approaches to the medieval universe and to show how it was possible to combine magical studies with a monastic vocation"--Provided by publisher.
9780271060965 9780271069319
2013015330
St. Augustine's Abbey (Canterbury, England)--History.
Magic--Manuscripts--History.
Manuscripts, Medieval.
Magic--History.--England--Canterbury
Magic--Religious aspects--Christianity.
Electronic Books.
BF1593 / .M345 2013