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Medieval Perceptions of Magic, Science, and the Natural World
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Medieval Perceptions of Magic, Science, and the Natural World
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An authoritative collection bringing together a wide range of topics on science, magic, and medieval constructions of the natural world.
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Yes, you can access Medieval Perceptions of Magic, Science, and the Natural World by Carolina Escobar-Vargas,Anne Lawrence-Mathers in PDF and/or ePUB format, as well as other popular books in History & Medical Theory, Practice & Reference. We have over one million books available in our catalogue for you to explore.
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Table of contents
- CONTENTS
- LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
- INTRODUCTION
- RHYTHMS OF THE (SUPER)NATURAL WORLD: TIMING INSTRUCTIONS IN EARLY MEDIEVAL MEDICAL RECIPES
- TIME AND TIDE: THE CREATION OF A SEA TRAVEL NETWORK IN THE SEVERN REGION IN THE EARLY MIDDLE AGES
- ASTRAL FORCES AND ARTHURIAN DRAGONS IN GEOFFREY OF MONMOUTH’S HISTORIA REGUM BRITANNIAE
- NATURAL AND NON-NATURAL: WEATHER, SEASONS, AND PLACE IN THE MEDICINE OF CONSTANTINE OF AFRICA
- MATTHEW PARIS, WILLIAM OF CONCHES, AND THE USE OF DIAGRAMS TO OBSERVE THE WORLD
- ASTROLOGY: SCIENCE OR DIVINATION? THE EXAMPLE OF ASTRO-METEOROLOGY
- MAGIC AND SCIENCE IN THE MIDDLE AGES: THE BUILDING OF THE BOUNDARIES BETWEEN NATURAL MAGIC AND NECROMANCY, ca. 1230–ca. 1310
- WITCHCRAFT AND WEATHER: THE PROBLEM OF MAGICAL CONTROL OF THE WEATHER
- THE BOUNDARIES OF MAGIC AND MEDICINE IN MEDIEVAL THEOLOGY
- BETWEEN NATURAL AND DEMONIC? ONOMANTIC DIVINATION IN THE LATER MIDDLE AGES
- LATE-MEDIEVAL BRONTOLOGIES: POPULAR SUPERSTITION OR ASTROLOGICAL MEDICAL GUIDE?
- WONDER AND WONDER WORKING IN MIDDLE ENGLISH ROMANCE: THE PROSE MERLIN
- ALCHEMICAL POETRY, ALCHEMICAL PRACTICE
- ENCOUNTERING THE WONDER IN NATURE: THE SCIENCE OF THE SACRED IN THE EARLY-MODERN CONSTRUCTION OF THE NATURAL WORLD
- INDEX