The Rise of Magic in Early Medieval Europe
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Published: January 24, 1994
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 466
ISBN-13: 9780691001104
Subjects: European history: c 500 to c 1500; Satanism & demonology; Social history; Witchcraft; Parapsychology; Magic; Medieval Church (476-1517); History; History - General History; Middle Ages, 600-1500; History: World; Europe; Magick Studies; Medieval; European History; History / Medieval; Mind, Body, Spirit; Religion; Church history; Civilization, Medieval
First sentence: MAGIC may be said to be the exercise of a preternatural control over nature by human beings, with the assistance of forces more powerful than they.