![]() ![]() Rudolph Paul Almasy, Sixteenth Century Journal All told, this is one of the most important works on late medieval magic from one of its most perceptive historians." ![]() The material is fascinating, the arguments compelling. " Forbidden Rites opens a window onto aspects of late-medieval religion and culture that have often been hidden in the shadows. With his edition of the Latin text and thorough analysis which accompanies it, Professor Kieckhefer has made accessible the aims, intents, and mentalities of the medieval necromancer." "This book provides a vivid and detailed picture of medieval magical practice from the inside. ![]() ![]() Building on his previous work, especially Magic in the Middle Ages (Cambridge, 1989), the author develops his formative insights into the subject of religion and magic in the late Middle Ages and also offers an edition of a truncated, therefore authorless and titleless, fifteenth-century manuscript (in Munich Clm 849) of a magical handbook." " Forbidden Rites, in illuminating the continuities between the orthodox and the illicit, greatly enriches our knowledge of this period in which necromancy flourished." Frank Klaassen, Canadian Journal of History " Forbidden Rites lays a solid foundation for future research on this topic and establishes a very high scholarly standard." ![]()
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