Rewriting magic : an exegesis of the visionary autobiography of a fourteenth-century French monk
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Rewriting magic : an exegesis of the visionary autobiography of a fourteenth-century French monk
（Magic in history）
Pennsylvania State University Press, c2015
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Summary: "Examines the text and background of The Flowers of Heavenly Teaching, an autobiography by the fourteenth-century Benedictine monk John of Morigny. Explores how the author negotiated the categories of magic and heresy in relation to Christianity"--Provided by publisher
Bibliography: p. [203]-208
Includes index
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内容説明
In Rewriting Magic, Claire Fanger explores a fourteenth-century text called The Flowers of Heavenly Teaching. Written by a Benedictine monk named John of Morigny, the work all but disappeared from the historical record, and it is only now coming to light again in multiple versions and copies. While John's book largely comprises an extended set of prayers for gaining knowledge, The Flowers of Heavenly Teaching is unusual among prayer books of its time because it includes a visionary autobiography with intimate information about the book's inspiration and composition. Through the window of this record, we witness how John reconstructs and reconsecrates a condemned liturgy for knowledge acquisition: the ars notoria of Solomon. John's work was the subject of intense criticism and public scandal, and his book was burned as heretical in 1323. The trauma of these experiences left its imprint on the book, but in unexpected and sometimes baffling ways. Fanger decodes this imprint even as she relays the narrative of how she learned to understand it. In engaging prose, she explores the twin processes of knowledge acquisition in John's visionary autobiography and her own work of discovery as she reconstructed the background to his extraordinary book. Fanger's approach to her subject exemplifies innovative historical inquiry, research, and methodology. Part theology, part historical anthropology, part biblio-memoir, Rewriting Magic relates a story that will have deep implications for the study of medieval life, monasticism, prayer, magic, and religion.
目次
CONTENTS
List of Figures
Preface
Structure and Referencing System for the
Liber florum New Compilation / xiii Introduction: Lost and Found Knowledge
Part 1 Foundation
Chapter 1 Like Stones of fire: I Encounter the Book of Visions
Chapter 2 A Mysticism of Signs and Things: The Ars Notoria and the Sacraments
Chapter 3 Penance: The Sacrament of the Middle of Life
Part 2 Restoration
Chapter 4 Errors of Intellect, Errors of Will: I Encounter the Book of Figures
Chapter 5 Magical Objects of Knowledge: Categorizing the Exceptive Arts
Chapter 6 Visionary Exegesis and Prophecy: Milk and Meat
Conclusion: Future History
Notes
Selected Bibliography
Index
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