MAGIC IN THE MIDDLE AGES * 1997 TRADE SC ** GRIMOIRES NECROMANCY OCCULT SORCERY

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RICHARD KIECKHEFER.
MAGIC IN THE MIDDLE AGES.
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
FIRST SC EDITION, 6th printing.
1997 [1989; 1990].
219 pages with Index.
B&W ILLUSTRATIONS.
Octavo (8 1/2 by 5 1/2 inch) softcover.
Light bend top rear corner, light wear to edges & corners, one small scrape & soil mark top front, o/w
NEAR FINE CONDITION
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The author also did a complete edition of a medieval manuscript called FORBIDDEN RITES: A NECROMANCER'S MANUAL OF THE FIFTEENTH CENTURY, so he has delved deeply into medieval Magick.
CONTENTS:
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS. • PREFACE.
1.) INTRODUCTION: MAGIC AS A CROSSROADS. • 2.) THE CLASSICAL INHERITANCE. • 3.) THE TWILIGHT OF PAGANISM: MAGIC IN NORSE AND IRISH CULTURE. • 4.) THE COMMON TRADITION OF MEDIEVAL MAGIC. • 5.) THE ROMANCE OF MAGIC IN COURTLY CULTURE. • 6.) ARABIC LEARNING AND THE OCCULT SCIENCES. • 7.) NECROMANCY IN THE CLERICAL UNDERWORLD. • 8.) PROHIBITION, CONDEMNATION, AND PROSECUTION.
FURTHER READING. • INDEX.
AN EASY TO READ AND CONCISE MONOGRAPH ON MEDIEVAL MAGIC, SORCERY, WITHCRAFT, AND OCCULTISM IN GENERAL.