Glamorous sorcery : magic and literacy in the High Middle Ages

Author(s)

• Rollo, David

Bibliographic Information

Glamorous sorcery : magic and literacy in the High Middle Ages

David Rollo

（Medieval cultures, v. 25）

University of Minnesota Press, c2000

• : hbk
• : pbk

Note

Includes index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

Rollo's highly specialised analysis examines the spread of literacy and the relationship between vernacular and latin literature in 12th-century Europe. He focuses on how secular and clerical writers used magic as a metaphor for writing and examines the literary devices and works of William of Malmesbury, Geoffrey of Monmouth, John of Salisbury, William Fitzstephen, Richard FitzNigel, Benoit de Sainte-Maure and Gerald of Wales. Extracts include English translations.

by "Nielsen BookData"

• NCID: BA49959749
• ISBN:
  • 0816635463
  • 0816635471
• LCCN: 00009010
• Country Code: us
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: Minneapolis
• Pages/Volumes: xxv, 231 p.
• Size: 24 cm
• Classification:
  • NDC9 : 992
  • LCC : PA8045.E5
  • DC21 : 478/.0308
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Latin prose literature, Medieval and modern -- England -- History and criticism
  • LCSH : Literature and history -- Great Britain -- History -- To 1500
  • LCSH : Benoît, de Sainte-More, 12th cent. -- Criticism and interpretation
  • LCSH : Great Britain -- History -- To 1485 -- Historiography
  • LCSH : Anglo-Norman literature -- History and criticism
  • LCSH : England -- Intellectual life -- 1066-1485
  • LCSH : Literacy -- England -- History -- To 1500
  • LCSH : Magic in literature
• Parent Bibliography ID:
  • BA23876770