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Magic and impotence makes new information about popular magic available for the first time. His magic in the middle ages, first published in 1989, has been translated into spanish, german, polish, czech, italian, and greek, and is forthcoming in turkish, portuguese, and korean. In magic in the middle ages kieckhefer has produced an insightful account of magic as a kind of crossroads where different pathways in medieval culture converge. After an undergraduate education at saint louis university, kieckhefer earned a ph. He examines its relation to religion, science, philosophy, art, literature and politics before introducing us to the different types of magic that were used, the kinds of people who practised magic, and the reasoning behind their beliefs. Students will have an approach to medieval culture, beliefs and practices from the perspective of history and history of science. The book begins with a full discussion of the social history of magic and of the ways in.
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