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Record Nr.

UNINA9910808389003321

Autore

Rollo David

Titolo

Glamorous sorcery : magic and literacy in the High Middle Ages / / David Rollo

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Minneapolis, : University of Minnesota Press, c2000

ISBN

0-8166-9141-X

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (261 p.)

Collana

Medieval cultures ; ; v. 25

Disciplina

478/.0308

Soggetti

Latin prose literature, Medieval and modern - England - History and criticism

Literature and history - Great Britain - History - To 1500

Anglo-Norman literature - History and criticism

Literacy - England - History - To 1500

Magic in literature

Great Britain History To 1485 Historiography

England Intellectual life 1066-1485

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 173-223) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Introduction; 1. William of Malmesbury: Magic and Prestige; 2. Geoffrey of Monmouth and John of Salisbury: Themes of Credulity; 3. Benoît de Sainte-Maure: Magic and Vernacular Fiction; 4. William FitzStephen, Richard FitzNigel, Benoît de Sainte-Maure: Bureaucratic Power and Fantasies of Literate Control; 5. Gerald of Wales: Writing for the Crowned Ass of England; Conclusion; Notes; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Through the analysis of magic as a metaphor for the mysterious workings of writing, Glamorous Sorcery sheds light on the power attributed to language in shaping perceptions of the world and conferring status.