The Rise of Magic in Early Medieval Europe /
Flint, Valerie Irene Jane
The Rise of Magic in Early Medieval Europe / Valerie Irene Jane Flint. - 1 online resource (472 p.)
Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- PART I. Introduction -- Chapter 1. The Scope of the Study -- Chapter 2. The Legacy of Attitudes -- Chapter 3. The Sources for the Early Middle Ages -- Chapter 4. The Situation -- PART II. The Magic of the Heavens -- Chapter 5. The Magic That Persisted: Condemned Magical Agencies -- Chapter 6. The Magic That Was Needed: Rescued Means of Magical Intervention -- Chapter 7. The Magic That Was Needed: The Power of the Cross in the Heavens -- PART III. The Magic of the Earth -- Chapter 8. Forbidden Magic: The Focal Points of Christian Disapproval -- Chapter 9. Encouraged Magic: The Process of Rehabilitation -- PART IV. The Magus -- Chapter 10. The Discredited Practitioner: Charlatans -- Chapter 11. The Figure of Esteem: Christian Counterparts -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Index
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"There are forces better recognized as belonging to human society than repressed or left to waste away or growl about upon its fringes." So writes Valerie Flint in this powerful work on magic in early medieval Europe. Flint shows how many of the more discerning leaders of the early medieval Church decided to promote non-Christian practices originally condemned as magical--rather than repressing them or leaving them to waste away or "growl." These wise leaders actively and enthusiastically incorporated specific kinds of "magic" into the dominant culture not only to appease the contemporary non-Christian opposition but also to enhance Christianity itself.
Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
In English.
9780691210025
10.1515/9780691210025 doi
Church history--Middle Ages, 600-1500.
Civilization, Medieval.
Magic--History.--Europe
HISTORY / Medieval.
Agobard of Lyons. Alcuin. Bede. Charlemagne. Eucharist. Gall of Clermont, Saint. Jerome, Saint. Lacnunga. Lucan. Mass. Origen. Paul, Saint. Simon Magus. Tacitus. Virgil. amulets. baptism. church councils. death. dreams (visions). entrails. fear (terror). graves (tombs). hagiography. knots. lndiculus Superstitionum. lot casting. maleficium. medicine. ordeal. planets. relics. runes. sacrifices. stars. weaving.
BF1593
133.43094
The Rise of Magic in Early Medieval Europe / Valerie Irene Jane Flint. - 1 online resource (472 p.)
Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- PART I. Introduction -- Chapter 1. The Scope of the Study -- Chapter 2. The Legacy of Attitudes -- Chapter 3. The Sources for the Early Middle Ages -- Chapter 4. The Situation -- PART II. The Magic of the Heavens -- Chapter 5. The Magic That Persisted: Condemned Magical Agencies -- Chapter 6. The Magic That Was Needed: Rescued Means of Magical Intervention -- Chapter 7. The Magic That Was Needed: The Power of the Cross in the Heavens -- PART III. The Magic of the Earth -- Chapter 8. Forbidden Magic: The Focal Points of Christian Disapproval -- Chapter 9. Encouraged Magic: The Process of Rehabilitation -- PART IV. The Magus -- Chapter 10. The Discredited Practitioner: Charlatans -- Chapter 11. The Figure of Esteem: Christian Counterparts -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Index
restricted access http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec
"There are forces better recognized as belonging to human society than repressed or left to waste away or growl about upon its fringes." So writes Valerie Flint in this powerful work on magic in early medieval Europe. Flint shows how many of the more discerning leaders of the early medieval Church decided to promote non-Christian practices originally condemned as magical--rather than repressing them or leaving them to waste away or "growl." These wise leaders actively and enthusiastically incorporated specific kinds of "magic" into the dominant culture not only to appease the contemporary non-Christian opposition but also to enhance Christianity itself.
Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
In English.
9780691210025
10.1515/9780691210025 doi
Church history--Middle Ages, 600-1500.
Civilization, Medieval.
Magic--History.--Europe
HISTORY / Medieval.
Agobard of Lyons. Alcuin. Bede. Charlemagne. Eucharist. Gall of Clermont, Saint. Jerome, Saint. Lacnunga. Lucan. Mass. Origen. Paul, Saint. Simon Magus. Tacitus. Virgil. amulets. baptism. church councils. death. dreams (visions). entrails. fear (terror). graves (tombs). hagiography. knots. lndiculus Superstitionum. lot casting. maleficium. medicine. ordeal. planets. relics. runes. sacrifices. stars. weaving.
BF1593
133.43094