{"product_id":"narratives-of-sorcery-and-magic-from-the-most-authentic-sources-paperback-9781108044189","title":"Narratives of Sorcery and Magic; From the Most Authentic Sources (Paperback \/ softback) 9781108044189","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eNarratives of Sorcery and Magic\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eFrom the Most Authentic Sources\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThomas Wright's interest in folklore and legend led to this two-volume 1851 account of sorcery and magic across Europe.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eThomas Wright (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781108044189, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 16 February 2012\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e366 pages\u003cbr\u003e21.6 x 14 x 2.1 cm, 0.47 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eThe English historian and antiquary Thomas Wright (1810–70) co-founded and joined a number of antiquarian and literary societies. He was greatly interested in Old English, Middle English and Anglo-Norman texts, and in the 1840s and 1850s he published widely within these areas. Gradually his focus shifted to the archaeology of Roman Britain and to Anglo-Saxon cemeteries. Although much of Wright's research has been completely superseded, his work is still considered worth consulting, as he collected material not readily available elsewhere. This two-volume 1851 publication is testimony to Wright's interest in folklore, sorcery and legend. In Volume 1 the author accounts of sorcery across Europe, and he considers the legendary Dr Faustus as an archetypal magician who called 'the demon'. Wright also discusses the place of the occult in England during and after the Reformation, writing about magicians such as John Dee, and describing King James I's views on witchcraft.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e1. Introduction\u003cbr\u003e 2. Story of the lady Alice Kyteler\u003cbr\u003e 3. Further political usage of the belief in sorcery. The Templars\u003cbr\u003e 4. Sorcery in France. The citizens of Arras\u003cbr\u003e 5. The lord of Mirebeau and Pierre d'Estaing the alchemist\u003cbr\u003e 6. The earlier medieval type of the sorcerer. Virgil the enchanter\u003cbr\u003e 7. The later medieval types of the magician. Friar Bacon and Dr Faustus\u003cbr\u003e 8. Sorcery in Germany in the fifteenth century. The Malleus Maleficarum\u003cbr\u003e 9. Witchcraft in Scotland in the sixteenth century\u003cbr\u003e 10. King James and the witches of Lothian\u003cbr\u003e 11. Magic in England during the age of the Reformation\u003cbr\u003e 12. The English magicians. Dr Dee and his followers\u003cbr\u003e 13. The witches of Warboys\u003cbr\u003e 14. The poetry of witchcraft\u003cbr\u003e 15. Witchcraft in France in the sixteenth century\u003cbr\u003e 16. Pierre de Lancre and the witches of Labourd\u003cbr\u003e 17. Magic in Spain. The auto-da-fé of Logrono.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: History of ideas [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on History of ideas\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22History%20of%20ideas%20%5BJFCX%5D%22\"\u003eJFCX\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46266075087128,"sku":"9781108044189","price":31.59,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9781108044189i_3d0cdf36-3923-448b-8b03-e12735b32638.jpg?v=1696746633","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/narratives-of-sorcery-and-magic-from-the-most-authentic-sources-paperback-9781108044189","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}