Magic in the Middle Ages by Richard Kieckhefer (1990).pdf

CAMBRIDGE MEDIEVAL

TEXTBOOKS

Cambridge Medieval Textbooks

MAGIC IN THE MIDDLE AGES

This textbook deals with magic, both natural and demonic, within the

broad context ofmedieval culture. Covering the years c. 500 to 1500, with

a chapter on antiquity, it investigates the way magic relates to the many

other cultural forms ofthe time, such as religion and science, literature and

art.

The book begins with a full discussion ofthe social history ofmagic and

of the ways in which magical beliefs borrowed from a diversity of

cultures. Thereafter, within a wider study ofthe growth and development

of the phenomenon, the author shows how magic served as a point of

contact between the popular and elite classes, how the reality ofmagical

beliefs is reflected in the fiction of medieval literature, and how the

persecution ofmagic and witchcraft led to changes in the law. The chapter

on necromancy is the most original, based largely on unpublished manu-

scripts and arguing for a new interpretation of the material.

Adopting an interdisciplinary approach, Professor Kieckhefer has

taken magic from its cultural isolation and placed it firmly at the cross-

roads ofmedieval culture, as a focal point for our understanding ofmany

other aspects of medieval history.

Cambridge Medieval Textbooks

This is a new series ofspecially commissioned textbooks for teachers and

students, designed to complement the monograph series 'Cambridge

Studies in Medieval Life and Thought' by providing introductions to a

range of topics in medieval history. The series will combine both

chronological and thematic approaches, and .will deal equally with British

and European topics. All volumes in the series will be published in hard

covers and in paperback.

Already published

Germany in the High Middle Ages c. 1050-1200

HORST FUHRMANN

Translated by Timothy Reuter

The Hundred Years War: England and France at War c. 1300-c. 1450

CHRISTOPHER ALLMAND

Standards·of Living in the Later Middle Ages:

Social Change in England, c. 1200-1520

CHRISTOPHER DYER

Magic in the Middle Ages

RICHARD KIECKHEFER

The Struggle for Power in Medieval Italy:

Structures of Political Rule

GIOVANNI T ABACCO

Translated by-Rosalind Brown Jensen

Other titles are in preparation

MAGIC IN THE

MIDDLE AGES

RICHARD KIECKHEFER

Professor of the History and

Literature of Religions

Northwestern University

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First published 1989 '

Printed in Great Britain at the University Press, Cambridge

British Library cataloguing in publication data

Kieckhefer, Richard

Magic in the Middle Ages. - (Cambridge medieval

textbooks)

I. Europe. M~gic, history

I. Title

133 ·4'3'094

Library of Congress cataloguing in publication data

Kieckhefer, Richard.

Magic in the Middle Ages/Richard Kieckhefer.

p. cm. - (Cambridge medieval textbooks).

Bibliography.

Includes index.

ISBN 0 521 30941 7. -

ISBN 0 521 312027 (pbk .)

I. Magic -

Europe -

History.

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II. Series.

BFl593·K53 1989

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89-9752 CIP

ISBN 0 521 30941 7 hard covers

ISBN 0 521 31202 7 paperback

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