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The Occult in Medieval Europe Paperback - 2005
by Maxwell-Stuart, P. G
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- Title The Occult in Medieval Europe
- Author Maxwell-Stuart, P. G
- Binding Paperback
- Edition [ Edition: Repri
- Condition New
- Pages 264
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Palgrave Macmillan, London
- Date 2005-01-19
- Illustrated Yes
- Features Bibliography, Illustrated, Index
- Bookseller's Inventory # Q-1403902895
- ISBN 9781403902894 / 1403902895
- Weight 0.72 lbs (0.33 kg)
- Dimensions 8.5 x 6.58 x 0.19 in (21.59 x 16.71 x 0.48 cm)
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Themes
- Chronological Period: Medieval (500-1453) Studies
- Topical: New Age
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 2004058394
- Dewey Decimal Code 130.940
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From the rear cover
Of all the epithets popularly attached to the Middle Ages, 'superstitious' is perhaps the most common and most misleading. The eighteenth-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.