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Medieval Perceptions of Magic, Science, and the Natural World / ed. by Carolina Escobar-Vargas, Anne Lawrence-Mathers.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: BorderlinesPublisher: Leeds : ARC Humanities Press, [2024]Copyright date: 2024Description: 1 online resource (252 p.)Content type:
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ISBN:
  • 9781802702019
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 001.09/02 23/eng/20240802
LOC classification:
  • CB353 .M43 2024
Other classification:
  • online - DeGruyter
Online resources:
Contents:
Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- INTRODUCTION -- RHYTHMS OF THE (SUPER)NATURAL WORLD: TIMING INSTRUCTIONS IN EARLY MEDIEVAL MEDICAL RECIPES -- TIME AND TIDE: THE CREATION OF A SEA TRAVEL NETWORK IN THE SEVERN REGION IN THE EARLY MIDDLE AGES -- ASTRAL FORCES AND ARTHURIAN DRAGONS IN GEOFFREY OF MONMOUTH’S HISTORIA REGUM BRITANNIAE -- NATURAL AND NON-NATURAL: WEATHER, SEASONS, AND PLACE IN THE MEDICINE OF CONSTANTINE OF AFRICA -- MATTHEW PARIS, WILLIAM OF CONCHES, AND THE USE OF DIAGRAMS TO OBSERVE THE WORLD -- ASTROLOGY: SCIENCE OR DIVINATION? THE EXAMPLE OF ASTRO-METEOROLOGY -- MAGIC AND SCIENCE IN THE MIDDLE AGES: THE BUILDING OF THE BOUNDARIES BETWEEN NATURAL MAGIC AND NECROMANCY, ca. 1230–ca. 1310 -- WITCHCRAFT AND WEATHER: THE PROBLEM OF MAGICAL CONTROL OF THE WEATHER -- THE BOUNDARIES OF MAGIC AND MEDICINE IN MEDIEVAL THEOLOGY -- BETWEEN NATURAL AND DEMONIC? ONOMANTIC DIVINATION IN THE LATER MIDDLE AGES -- LATE-MEDIEVAL BRONTOLOGIES: POPULAR SUPERSTITION OR ASTROLOGICAL MEDICAL GUIDE? -- WONDER AND WONDER WORKING IN MIDDLE ENGLISH ROMANCE: THE PROSE MERLIN -- ALCHEMICAL POETRY, ALCHEMICAL PRACTICE -- ENCOUNTERING THE WONDER IN NATURE: THE SCIENCE OF THE SACRED IN THE EARLY-MODERN CONSTRUCTION OF THE NATURAL WORLD -- INDEX
Summary: This volume presents new research in medieval conceptions of magic, science, and the natural world, bringing not only medicine but also meteorology and navigation into the discussion. Ground-breaking theoretical chapters on theology, natural sciences, and the writing of history are presented by established experts in their fields. These are accompanied by case studies of interactions between magic, science, and natural philosophy. Each chapter offers new findings while contributing to a comprehensive survey of the shifting boundaries between natural and supernatural across both space and time. Emerging areas, such as the study of prognostics, are represented by challenging new work. This collection will prove fascinating to everyone engaging with this expanding field.
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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)9781802702019

Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- INTRODUCTION -- RHYTHMS OF THE (SUPER)NATURAL WORLD: TIMING INSTRUCTIONS IN EARLY MEDIEVAL MEDICAL RECIPES -- TIME AND TIDE: THE CREATION OF A SEA TRAVEL NETWORK IN THE SEVERN REGION IN THE EARLY MIDDLE AGES -- ASTRAL FORCES AND ARTHURIAN DRAGONS IN GEOFFREY OF MONMOUTH’S HISTORIA REGUM BRITANNIAE -- NATURAL AND NON-NATURAL: WEATHER, SEASONS, AND PLACE IN THE MEDICINE OF CONSTANTINE OF AFRICA -- MATTHEW PARIS, WILLIAM OF CONCHES, AND THE USE OF DIAGRAMS TO OBSERVE THE WORLD -- ASTROLOGY: SCIENCE OR DIVINATION? THE EXAMPLE OF ASTRO-METEOROLOGY -- MAGIC AND SCIENCE IN THE MIDDLE AGES: THE BUILDING OF THE BOUNDARIES BETWEEN NATURAL MAGIC AND NECROMANCY, ca. 1230–ca. 1310 -- WITCHCRAFT AND WEATHER: THE PROBLEM OF MAGICAL CONTROL OF THE WEATHER -- THE BOUNDARIES OF MAGIC AND MEDICINE IN MEDIEVAL THEOLOGY -- BETWEEN NATURAL AND DEMONIC? ONOMANTIC DIVINATION IN THE LATER MIDDLE AGES -- LATE-MEDIEVAL BRONTOLOGIES: POPULAR SUPERSTITION OR ASTROLOGICAL MEDICAL GUIDE? -- WONDER AND WONDER WORKING IN MIDDLE ENGLISH ROMANCE: THE PROSE MERLIN -- ALCHEMICAL POETRY, ALCHEMICAL PRACTICE -- ENCOUNTERING THE WONDER IN NATURE: THE SCIENCE OF THE SACRED IN THE EARLY-MODERN CONSTRUCTION OF THE NATURAL WORLD -- INDEX

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This volume presents new research in medieval conceptions of magic, science, and the natural world, bringing not only medicine but also meteorology and navigation into the discussion. Ground-breaking theoretical chapters on theology, natural sciences, and the writing of history are presented by established experts in their fields. These are accompanied by case studies of interactions between magic, science, and natural philosophy. Each chapter offers new findings while contributing to a comprehensive survey of the shifting boundaries between natural and supernatural across both space and time. Emerging areas, such as the study of prognostics, are represented by challenging new work. This collection will prove fascinating to everyone engaging with this expanding field.

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

In English.

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