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A fascinating study of natural and demonic magic within the broad context of medieval culture.
The prototype of these tales is the legend of Theophilus, who is supposed to have learned from a Jewish sorcerer how to make a pact with the Devil by ... The Theophilus Legend in Medieval Text and Image (Cambridge: Brewer, 2017).
He was accused of using love magic to constrain women, and of trying to murder his royal brother. ... Magic in a rural village might 3 4 J. R. Veenstra, Magic and Divination at the Courts of Burgundy and France: Text and Context of ...
This 2000 book places magic at the crossroads of medieval culture, shedding light on many other aspects of life in the middle ages.