02966nam 2200709 a 450 991045171910332120200520144314.00-8166-9141-X(CKB)1000000000346911(EBL)310512(OCoLC)476094912(SSID)ssj0000163086(PQKBManifestationID)11167211(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000163086(PQKBWorkID)10105852(PQKB)10959329(MiAaPQ)EBC310512(OCoLC)567983664(MdBmJHUP)muse39229(Au-PeEL)EBL310512(CaPaEBR)ebr10159579(CaONFJC)MIL522605(EXLCZ)99100000000034691120000407d2000 ub 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrGlamorous sorcery[electronic resource] magic and literacy in the High Middle Ages /David RolloMinneapolis University of Minnesota Pressc20001 online resource (261 p.)Medieval cultures ;v. 25Description based upon print version of record.0-8166-3547-1 0-8166-3546-3 Includes bibliographical references (p. 173-223) and index.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; IndexThrough 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.Medieval cultures ;v. 25.Latin prose literature, Medieval and modernEnglandHistory and criticismLiterature and historyGreat BritainHistoryTo 1500Anglo-Norman literatureHistory and criticismLiteracyEnglandHistoryTo 1500Magic in literatureGreat BritainHistoryTo 1485HistoriographyEnglandIntellectual life1066-1485Electronic books.Latin prose literature, Medieval and modernHistory and criticism.Literature and historyHistoryAnglo-Norman literatureHistory and criticism.LiteracyHistoryMagic in literature.478/.0308Rollo David944661MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910451719103321Glamorous sorcery2132504UNINA