Magic of the Middle Ages 1879 - Couverture souple

Rydberg, Viktor

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 076618014X ISBN 13 : 9780766180147

Editeur : Kessinger Publishing Co, 2003

Synopsis

Magic of the Middle Ages is a book written by Viktor Rydberg that explores the history and practices of magic during the medieval period. The book takes readers on a journey through the beliefs and superstitions of the time, examining the role of magic in religion, medicine, and everyday life. Rydberg delves into the various types of magic that were practiced, including divination, astrology, and alchemy, and provides insight into the tools and techniques used by medieval magicians. The book also explores the impact of magic on literature and art during the Middle Ages, highlighting the ways in which it influenced the works of poets, playwrights, and painters. Overall, Magic of the Middle Ages provides a fascinating look into the world of magic during one of the most turbulent periods in human history.1879. Contents: Cosmic Philosophy of the Middle Ages and Its Historical Development; Magic of the Church; Magic of the Learned; Magic of the People and the Struggle of the Church Against It.This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the old original and may contain some imperfections such as library marks and notations. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions, that are true to their original work.

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

Thank you for checking out this book by Theophania Publishing. We appreciate your business and look forward to serving you soon. We have thousands of titles available, and we invite you to search for us by name, contact us via our website, or download our most recent catalogues. It was the belief of Europe during the Middle Ages, that our globe was the centre of the universe. The earth, itself fixed and immovable, was encompassed by ten heavens successively encircling one another, and all of these except the highest in constant rotation about their centre. This highest and immovable heaven, enveloping all the others and constituting the boundary between created things and the void, infinite space beyond, is the Empyrean, the heaven of fire, named also by the Platonizing philosophers the world of archetypes. Here “in a light which no one can enter,” God in triune majesty is sitting on his throne, while the tones of harmony from the nine revolving heavens beneath ascend to him, like a hymn of glory from the universe to its Creator. Next in order below the Empyrean is the heaven of crystal, or the sphere of the first movable (primum mobile). Beneath this revolves the heaven of fixed stars, which, formed from the most subtile elements in the universe, are devoid of weight.

Présentation de l'éditeur

Viktor Rydberg was one of the more interesting academic and literary minds of his age, able to bounce back and forth between fiction and nonfiction works, objectivity and theory. It is this work here which stands out as perhaps his best; a treatment on duality, the burning times, and a fairly early pre-modern look at cryptozoology of a fashion. Speaking of vampires, werewolves, witches and dark spells, "Magic of the Middle Ages" claims the continuation of dualism and all of its superstitious offshoots, simultaneously praising Christendom for its successes and deriding it in its earlier forms for butchery and lack of intellectual power.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Kessinger Publishing Co
• Date d'édition: 2003
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 076618014X
• ISBN 13: 9780766180147
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 236
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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