Making Magic in Elizabethan England: Two Early Modern Vernacular Books of Magic (Magic in History) 9780271083681, 0271083689

This volume presents editions of two fascinating anonymous and untitled manuscripts of magic produced in Elizabethan Eng

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Making Magic in Elizabethan England: Two Early Modern Vernacular Books of Magic (Magic in History)
9780271083681, 0271083689

This volume presents editions of two fascinating anonymous and untitled manuscripts of magic produced in Elizabethan Eng

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This volume presents editions of two fascinating anonymous and untitled manuscripts of magic produced in Elizabethan Eng

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This volume presents editions of two fascinating anonymous and untitled manuscripts of magic produced in Elizabethan Eng

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In 1510, nine men were tried in the Archbishop’s Court in York for attempting to find and extract a treasure on the moor

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In 1510, nine men were tried in the Archbishop’s Court in York for attempting to find and extract a treasure on the moor

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This collection of essays considers the place of magic in the modern world, first by exploring the ways in which moderni

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In early modern England, the practice of ritual or ceremonial magic - the attempted communication with angels and demons

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This volume considers three powerful ideological forces in early modern England: money, magic and the theatre. With the

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In these articles John Henry argues on the one hand for the intimate relationship between religion and early modern atte

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From the recovery of ancient ritual magic at the height of the Renaissance to the ignominious demise of alchemy at the d

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