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Magic in the Cloister
2015,2013,2012
Overview
During the late thirteenth and early fourteenth centuries a
group of monks with occult interests donated what became a
remarkable collection of more than thirty magic texts to the
library of the Benedictine abbey of St. Augustine's in Canterbury.
The monks collected texts that provided positive justifications for
the practice of magic and books in which works of magic were copied
side by side with works of more licit genres. In Magic in the
Cloister , Sophie Page uses this collection to explore the
gradual shift toward more positive attitudes to magical texts and
ideas in medieval Europe. She examines what attracted monks to
magic texts, works, and how they combined magic with their
intellectual interests and monastic life. By showing how it was
possible for religious insiders to integrate magical studies with
their orthodox worldview, Magic in the Cloister
contributes to a broader understanding of the role of magical texts
and ideas and their acceptance in the late Middle Ages.
Publisher
Penn State University Press,The Pennsylvania State University Press,Pennsylvania State University Press
Subject
ISBN
0271060336, 9780271060330, 0271060964, 9780271060965
