Magic in the Cloister
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Magic in the Cloister

Pious Motives, Illicit Interests, and Occult Approaches to the Medieval Universe

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Magic in the Cloister

Pious Motives, Illicit Interests, and Occult Approaches to the Medieval Universe

About this book

During the late thirteenth and early fourteenth centuries a group of monks with occult interests donated what became a remarkable collection of more than thirty magic texts to the library of the Benedictine abbey of St. Augustine's in Canterbury. The monks collected texts that provided positive justifications for the practice of magic and books in which works of magic were copied side by side with works of more licit genres. In Magic in the Cloister, Sophie Page uses this collection to explore the gradual shift toward more positive attitudes to magical texts and ideas in medieval Europe. She examines what attracted monks to magic texts, works, and how they combined magic with their intellectual interests and monastic life. By showing how it was possible for religious insiders to integrate magical studies with their orthodox worldview, Magic in the Cloister contributes to a broader understanding of the role of magical texts and ideas and their acceptance in the late Middle Ages.

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Table of contents

  1. COVER Front
  2. Series Page
  3. Copyright Page
  4. Table of Contents
  5. List of Illustrations
  6. Acknowledgments
  7. List of Abbreviations
  8. Introduction
  9. Notes to Introduction
  10. Chapter 1: Monks and their Magic Texts at St. Augustineā€™s Abbey, Canterbury
  11. Notes to Chapter 1
  12. Chapter 2: Natural Magic: The Basilisk and the Lodestone
  13. Notes to Chapter 2
  14. Chapter 3: The Liber vaccae: Magical Uses of Monstrous Creations
  15. Notes to Chapter 3
  16. Chapter 4: Image Magic: Harnessing Power in the Harmonious Universe
  17. Notes to Chapter 4
  18. Chapter 5: The Liber de essentia spirituum: Magic, Revelation, and Fellowship with Spirits
  19. Notes to Chapter 5
  20. Chapter 6: The Ars notoria and Its Monastic Audience
  21. Notes to Chapter 6
  22. Epilogue: John Dee, St. Augustineā€™s Manuscripts, and Renaissance Magic
  23. Notes to Epilogue
  24. Appendix 1: Translation of the Glossulae super Librum imaginum lunae
  25. Notes to Appendix 1
  26. Appendix 2: Translation of the Liber de essentia spirituum
  27. Notes to Appendix 2
  28. Notes
  29. Selected Bibliography
  30. Index
  31. COVER Back