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Making Magic in Elizabethan England

Name: Making Magic in Elizabethan England
Brand: PENN STATE UNIVERSITY PRESS
SKU: 9780271083681
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PENN STATE UNIVERSITY PRESSISBN: 9780271083681

Two Early Modern Vernacular Books of Magic

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Edited by Frank Klaassen
Imprint: PENN STATE UNIVERSITY PRESS
Release Date: October 14, 2019
Format: HARDBACK
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Pages: 160

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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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