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The Occult in Medieval Europe

The Occult in Medieval Europe

Maxwell-Stuart, P. G.

Paperback

Medieval & Renaissance HistoryOccult

ISBN10: 1403902895
ISBN13: 9781403902894
Publisher: Red Globe Press
Published: Mar 1 2005
Pages: 264
Weight: 0.72
Height: 0.19 Width: 6.58 Depth: 8.50
Language: English

Of all the epithets popularly attached to the Middle Ages, 'superstitious' is perhaps the most common and most misleading. The 18th century view that the era was represented by the Catholic Church and therefore backward and 'dark', in contrast to their own times which were forward-looking, rational and 'scientific', has created a myth which successive centuries have perpetuated.

This fascinating study challenges the assumption that the medieval period was an age of superstition, offering students a varied collection of documents surveying what people throughout Europe actually thought and believed about the occult sciences at the time. Using translated extracts - many of which appear in English for the first time - from religious, legal, medical and scientific documents, P. G. Maxwell-Stuart presents and explores the various branches of magic, divination, astrology and alchemy which helped people to make sense of their world.

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