The Occult in Early Modern Europe: A Documentary History Hardcover - 1999
by P. G. Maxwell-Stuart
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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.
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- Title The Occult in Early Modern Europe: A Documentary History
- Author P. G. Maxwell-Stuart
- Binding Hardcover
- Pages 264
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing PLC, London
- Date 1999
- Features Bibliography, Dust Cover
- ISBN 9780333688144 / 0333688147
- Weight 0.99 lbs (0.45 kg)
- Dimensions 8.5 x 5.5 x 0.63 in (21.59 x 13.97 x 1.60 cm)
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Themes
- Chronological Period: 16th Century
- Chronological Period: 17th Century
- Chronological Period: Ancient (To 499 A.D.)
- Chronological Period: Modern
- Religious Orientation: New Age
- Topical: New Age
- Dewey Decimal Code 133
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