Magic in the cloister : pious motives, illicit interests, and occult approaches to the medieval universe / Sophie Page.
Material type: TextSeries: Publication details: University Park, Pennsylvania : The Pennsylvania State University Press, (c)2013.Description: 1 online resource (x, 232 pages) : illustrationsContent type:- text
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- online resource
- 9780271060965
- 9780271069319
- BF1593 .M345 2013
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Online Book (LOGIN USING YOUR MY CIU LOGIN AND PASSWORD) | G. Allen Fleece Library ONLINE | Non-fiction | BF1593 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Link to resource | Available | ocn861693179 |
"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.
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.
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