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Rewriting magic : an exegesis of the visionary autobiography of a fourteenth-century French monk / Claire Fanger.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Magic in historyPublisher: University Park, Pennsylvania : The Pennsylvania State University Press, [2015]Description: 1 online resource (xv, 215 pages)Content type:
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ISBN:
  • 9780271072036
  • 0271072032
Subject(s): Additional physical formats: Print version:: Rewriting magicDDC classification:
  • 271/.102 23
LOC classification:
  • BR115.M25 F36 2015eb
Other classification:
  • online - EBSCO
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Contents:
Like stones of fire : I encounter the book of visions -- A mysticism of signs and things : the Ars notoria and the sacraments -- Penance : the sacrament of the middle of life -- Errors of intellect, errors of will : I encounter the book of figures -- Magical objects of knowledge : categorizing the exceptive arts -- Visionary exegesis and prophecy : milk and meat.
Summary: "Examines the text and background of The Flowers of Heavenly Teaching, an autobiography by the fourteenth-century Benedictine monk John of Morigny. Explores how the author negotiated the categories of magic and heresy in relation to Christianity"--Provided by publisher
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Item type Current library Call number URL Status Notes Barcode
eBook eBook Biblioteca "Angelicum" Pont. Univ. S.Tommaso d'Aquino Nuvola online online - EBSCO (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Online access Not for loan (Accesso limitato) Accesso per gli utenti autorizzati / Access for authorized users (ebsco)1029530

"Examines the text and background of The Flowers of Heavenly Teaching, an autobiography by the fourteenth-century Benedictine monk John of Morigny. Explores how the author negotiated the categories of magic and heresy in relation to Christianity"--Provided by publisher

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Like stones of fire : I encounter the book of visions -- A mysticism of signs and things : the Ars notoria and the sacraments -- Penance : the sacrament of the middle of life -- Errors of intellect, errors of will : I encounter the book of figures -- Magical objects of knowledge : categorizing the exceptive arts -- Visionary exegesis and prophecy : milk and meat.

Print version record.

English.