Runic Amulets and Magic Objects
- ISBN-10
- 1843832054
- ISBN-13
- 9781843832058
- Category
- History
- Pages
- 278
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2006
- Publisher
- Boydell Press
- Authors
- Bernard Mees, Mindy MacLeod
Description
A fresh examination of one of the most contentious issues in runic scholarship - magical or not?
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