Routledge History of Medieval Magic

Sophie Page is an Associate Professor in Late Medieval History at UCL. She is working on medieval magic and astrology, especially in relation to religion, natural philosophy, medicine, and cosmology. Catherine Rider is an Associate Professor in Medieval History at the University of Exeter. Her research focuses on the history of magic in the later Middle Ages, looking especially at the relationship between magic and the medieval church.

"The breadth of this volume – geographical, linguistic, chronological and disciplinary – is a huge feat, and The Routledge History of Medieval Magic is an important addition to existing scholarship. The sections entitled ‘Future directions’ are perhaps the book’s most important component, providing a way forward for future research in a field that offers so much, standing as it does, in the words of Kieckhefer, at a ‘kind of crossroads where different pathways in medieval culture converge’." Joanne Edge Ceræ: An Australasian Journal of Medieval and Early Modern Studies

• IntroductionSophie Page and Catherine RiderPart I: Conceptualizing magic1 Rethinking how to define magicRichard Kieckhefer2 For magic: Against methodClaire Fanger3 A discourse historical approach towards medievallearned magicBernd-Christian Otto4 The concept of magicDavid. L. d’Avray5 ResponsesRichard Kieckhefer, David. L. d’Avray, Bernd-Christian Ott o, and Claire FangerPart I I: Languages and dissemination6 Arabic magic: The impetus for translating texts and theirreceptionCharles Burnett7 The Latin encounter with Hebrew magic: Problemsand approachesKatelyn Mesler8 Magic in Romance languagesSebastia Giralt9 Central and Eastern EuropeBenedek Lang10 Magic in Celtic landsMark Williams11 ScandinaviaStephen A. MitchellPart I I I: Key genres and figures12 From Hermetic magic to the magic of marvelsAntonella Sannino13 The notion of properties: Tensions betweenScientia and Ars in medieval natural philosophyand magicIsabelle Draelants14 Solomonic magicJulien Veronese15 NecromancyFrank Klaassen16 John of MorignyClaire Fanger and Nicholas Watson17 Cecco d’Ascoli and Antonio da Montolmo: The buildingof a “nigromantical” cosmology and the birth of theauthor-magicianNicolas Weill-Parot18 Beringarius Ganellus and the Summa sacre magice: Magicas the promotion of God’s KingshipDamaris Aschera Gehr19 Jerome Torrella and “Astrological Images”Nicolas Weill-Parot20 Peter of ZealandJean-Marc MandosioPart IV: Themes (magic and…)21 Magic and natural philosophySt even P. Marrone22 Medicine and magicPeter Murray Jones and Lea T. Olsan23 IllusionRobert Goulding24 Magic at courtJean-Patrice Boudet25 Magic and genderCatherine Rider26 Magic in literature: Romance transformationsCorinne Saunders27 MusicJohn Haines28 Magic and archaeology: Ritual residues and“odd” depositsRoberta Gilchrist29 The visual culture of magic in the Middle AgesAlejandro Garcia Aviles30 Medieval magical figures: Between image and textSophie PagePart V: Anti-magical discourse in the later Middle Ages31 Scholasticism and high medieval opposition to magicDavid J. Collins32 Pastoral literature and preaching Kathleen Kamerick33 Superstition and sorceryMichael D. Bailey34 WitchcraftMart ine Ostorero35 Epilogue: Cosmology and magic – The angel of Marsin the Libro de astromagiaAlejandro Garcia AvilesFurther readingIndex