03778nam 22006851 450 991051172180332120200513105437.00-7556-2143-30-85773-588-810.5040/9780755621439(CKB)3710000000417983(EBL)2060419(SSID)ssj0001524663(PQKBManifestationID)12622886(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001524663(PQKBWorkID)11484693(PQKB)10989488(MiAaPQ)EBC2060419(OCoLC)910623041(UtOrBLW)bpp09265787(Au-PeEL)EBL2060419(EXLCZ)99371000000041798320200605d2014 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrMagic and masculinity ritual magic and gender in the early modern era /by Frances TimbersFirst edition.London :I.B. Tauris,2014.1 online resource (361 p.)International Library of Historical StudiesDescription based upon print version of record.1-350-15900-X 1-78076-559-2 Includes bibliographical references and index.Introduction -- Chapter 1. For the 'Uninitiated' -- Chapter 2. Magical Masculinities -- Chapter 3. Fraternity and Freemasons -- Chapter 4. Scrying and Subversion: John Dee and Edward Kelley -- Chapter 5. John Pordage and Passivity -- Chapter 6. Swords, Satan and Sex -- Chapter 7. Fairies and Female Magicians -- Chapter 8. Magical Metaphors: Mary Parish and Goodwin Wharton -- Chapter 9. Magic and Honour -- Conclusion: Boundaries and Intersections -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index."In early modern England, the practice of ritual or ceremonial magic - the attempted communication with angels and demons - both reinforced and subverted existing concepts of gender. The majority of male magicians acted from a position of control and command commensurate with their social position in a patriarchal society; other men, however, used the notion of magic to subvert gender ideals while still aiming to attain hegemony. Whilst women who claimed to perform magic were usually more submissive in their attempted dealings with the spirit world, some female practitioners employed magic to undermine the patriarchal culture and further their own agenda. Frances Timbers studies the practice of ritual magic in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries focusing especially on gender and sexual perspectives. Using the examples of well-known individuals who set themselves up as magicians (including John Dee, Simon Forman and William Lilly), as well as unpublished diaries and journals, literature and legal records, this book provides a unique analysis of early modern ceremonial magic from a gender perspective."--Bloomsbury Publishing.International Library of Historical StudiesMagic & masculinity :ritual magic & gender in the early modern eraMagicEnglandHistory16th centuryMagicEnglandHistory17th centuryRitualEnglandHistory16th centuryRitualEnglandHistory17th centuryBritish & Irish historyBICElectronic books.MagicHistoryMagicHistoryRitualHistoryRitualHistoryBritish & Irish history.192.2093874Timbers Frances1065883UtOrBLWUtOrBLWBOOK9910511721803321Magic and masculinity2548197UNINA