Glamorous sorcery : magic and literacy in the High Middle Ages

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    • Rollo, David

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Glamorous sorcery : magic and literacy in the High Middle Ages

David Rollo

(Medieval cultures, v. 25)

University of Minnesota Press, c2000

  • : hbk
  • : pbk

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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.

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