The themes of magic and the supernatural in medieval romance are here fully explored and put into the context of thinking at the time in this first full study of the subject
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The themes of magic and the supernatural in medieval romance are here fully explored and put into the context of thinking at the time in this first full study of the subject
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FRONTCOVER; CONTENTS; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; INTRODUCTION; 1 Classical and Biblical Precedents; 2 The Middle Ages: Prohibitions, Folk Practices and Learned Magic; 3 White Magic: Natural Arts and Marvellous Technology; 4 Black Magic: The Practice of 'Nigromancy'; 5 Otherworld Enchantments and Faery Realms; 6 Christian Marvel and Demonic Intervention; 7 Malory's Morte Darthur; EPILOGUE: Towards the Renaissance; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX; BACKCOVER