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Making Magic in Elizabethan England:

Two Early Modern Vernacular Books of Magic
  • ISBN-13: 9780271083681
  • Publisher: PENN STATE UNIVERSITY PRESS
    Imprint: PENN STATE UNIVERSITY PRESS
  • Edited by Frank Klaassen
  • Price: AUD $195.00
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  • Availability: This book is temporarily out of stock, order will be despatched as soon as fresh stock is received.
  • Local release date: 14/10/2019
  • Format: Hardback 160 pages Weight: 0g
  • Categories: Religion & beliefs [HR]
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Examines two anonymous manuscripts of magic produced in Elizabethan England: the Antiphoner Notebook and the Boxgrove Manual. Explores how scribes assembled these texts within wider cultural developments surrounding early modern forms of magic.


Acknowledgments

List of Abbreviations

General Introduction: The Devil in the Details

The Antiphoner Notebook

Introduction

The Text

The Boxgrove Manual

Introduction

The Text

Appendixes

Bibliography

Index



“With this meticulous and readable edition, Klaassen excavates the world of early modern magic through a pair of grubby manuscripts. This is a perfect introduction to the history of magic.”

—Lauren Kassell, author of Medicine and Magic in Elizabethan London: Simon Forman: Astrologer, Alchemist, and Physician

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