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The Magician, the Witch, and the Law » (1st Edition)
Authors: Edward Peters
ISBN-13: 9780812211016, ISBN-10: 0812211014
Format: Paperback
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press, Inc.
Date Published: March 1982
Edition: 1st Edition
Author Biography: Edward Peters
Edward Peters is the Henry Charles Lea Professor of History at the University of Pennsylvania. His publications include Witchcraft in Europe, 400-1700: A Documentary History, all available from the University of Pennsylvania Press.
Book Synopsis
"Helps to place our understanding of medieval witchcraft into a broader context. . . . Sheds light on the various genres of literature in which magic was discussed."—Speculum
Table of Contents
| Preface | ix | |
| Introduction: Magic in Medieval Culture | xi | |
| 1. | The Transformations of the Magus | 1 |
| 2. | Rhetoric and Magic in the Eleventh and Twelfth Centuries | 21 |
| 3. | Learning and Magic in the Twelfth and Thirteenth Centuries | 63 |
| 4. | The Systematic Condemnation of Magic in the Thirteenth Century | 85 |
| 5. | The Sorcerer's Apprentice | 110 |
| 6. | The Magician, the Witch, and the Law | 138 |
| Appendix 1. | Res fragilis: Torture in Early European Law | 183 |
| Appendix 2. | Nicholas Eymeric: On Heresy, Magic, and the Inquisitor | 196 |
| Appendix 3. | The Magician, the Witch and the Historians | 203 |
| Index | 213 |
Subjects
Law
General & Miscellaneous Law Legal History
New Age & Spirituality Witchcraft and Magic Magic Studies
New Age & Spirituality Witchcraft and Magic Witchcraft, Wicca & Paganism - Historical
Nonfiction Law General & Miscellaneous Law
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General & Miscellaneous Law Legal HistoryNew Age & Spirituality
Witchcraft and Magic Magic StudiesNew Age & Spirituality
Witchcraft and Magic Witchcraft, Wicca & Paganism - HistoricalNonfiction
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Social Sciences Anthropology & ArchaeologyNonfiction
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