The occult in Mediaeval Europe, 500-1500 : a documentary history
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The occult in Mediaeval Europe, 500-1500 : a documentary history
Palgrave Macmillan, 2005
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Occult in Medieval Europe
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 231-241) and index
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内容説明・目次
内容説明
Of all the epithets popularly attached to the Middle Ages, 'superstitious' is perhaps the most common and most misleading. The eighteenth-century view that the era was represented by the Catholic Church and therefore backward and 'dark', in contrast to their own times which were forward-looking, rational and 'scientific', has created a myth which successive centuries have perpetuated.
This fascinating study challenges the assumption that the medieval period was an age of superstition, offering students a varied collection of documents surveying what people throughout Europe actually thought and believed about the occult sciences at the time. Using translated extracts - many of which appear in English for the first time - from religious, legal, medical and scientific documents, P. G. Maxwell-Stuart presents and explores the various branches of magic, divination, astrology and alchemy which helped people to make sense of their world.
目次
Introduction.- THE CREATED UNIVERSE.- Portents and Prodigies.- Occult Properties of the Natural World.- on the .- Body.- Non-Human Entities.- Miracles.- Methods of Divination.- THE PARALLEL UNIVERSE OF MAGIC.- Popular .- Practices.- Ritual Magic.- Hostile Magic, Demons, and Witchcraft.- Prohibition, Reservation, and Scepticism.- INTERPRETING AND MANIPULATING THE UNIVERSE.- Alchemy.- Bibliography.- Index.
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