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Author Page, Sophie, 1972- author.

Title Magic in the cloister : pious motives, illicit interests, and occult approaches to the medieval universe / Sophie Page
Published University Park, Pennsylvania : The Pennsylvania State University Press, [2013]
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Description 1 online resource (x, 232 pages) : illustrations
Series The magic in history series
Magic in history.
Contents Monks and their magic texts at St. Augustine's Abbey, Canterbury -- Natural magic : the basilisk and the lodestone -- The liber vaccae : magical uses of monstrous creations -- Image magic : harnessing power in the harmonious universe -- The liber de essentia spirituum : magic, revelation, and fellowship with spirits -- The ars notoria and its monastic audience -- Epilogue: John Dee, St. Augustine's manuscripts, and Renaissance magic
Summary "Utilizes the collection of magic texts from the late Middle Ages at St. Augustine's, Canterbury, to examine the orthodoxy of magical approaches to the medieval universe and to show how it was possible to combine magical studies with a monastic vocation"--Provided by publisher
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes English
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Subject St. Augustine's Abbey (Canterbury, England) -- History
SUBJECT St. Augustine's Abbey (Canterbury, England) fast
Subject Magic -- Manuscripts -- History
Manuscripts, Medieval.
Magic -- England -- Canterbury -- History
Magic -- Religious aspects -- Christianity.
BODY, MIND & SPIRIT -- Parapsychology -- General.
RELIGION -- History.
Magic
Magic -- Manuscripts
Magic -- Religious aspects -- Christianity
Manuscripts, Medieval
England -- Canterbury
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9780271060965
0271060964
9780271069319
0271069317