The occult in Mediaeval Europe, 500-1500
Subtitle: a documentary history
By: edited and translated by P.G. Maxwell-Stuart.
Contributors: Maxwell-Stuart, P. G.
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: 2005
Place of publication: Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 245
ISBN-13: 9781403902900; 9781403902894
Subjects: Occultism -- Europe -- History -- To 1500 -- Sources
Genres: Sources.
Other titles: Occult in Medieval Europe.
Description: The medieval period is often seen as an age of superstition. This study challenges this assumption, offering students a varied collection of documents--many of which appear in English for the first time--surveying what people throughout Europe actually thought and believed about the occult sciences at the time. The various branches of magic, divination, astrology and alchemy which helped people to make sense of their world are presented through translated extracts from religious, legal, medical and scientific documents.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 231-241) and index.