Library Catalog
Amazon cover image
Image from Amazon.com

The Rise of Magic in Early Medieval Europe / Valerie Irene Jane Flint.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Princeton, NJ : Princeton University Press, [2020]Copyright date: ©1991Description: 1 online resource (472 p.)Content type:
Media type:
Carrier type:
ISBN:
  • 9780691210025
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 133.43094 20
LOC classification:
  • BF1593
Other classification:
  • online - DeGruyter
Online resources:
Contents:
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
Summary: "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.
Holdings
Item type Current library Call number URL Status Notes Barcode
eBook eBook Biblioteca "Angelicum" Pont. Univ. S.Tommaso d'Aquino Nuvola online online - DeGruyter (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Online access Not for loan (Accesso limitato) Accesso per gli utenti autorizzati / Access for authorized users (dgr)9780691210025

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 online access with authorization star

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.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 30. Aug 2021)