Glamorous sorcery [[electronic resource] ] : magic and literacy in the High Middle Ages / / David Rollo
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Rollo David
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| Titolo: |
Glamorous sorcery [[electronic resource] ] : magic and literacy in the High Middle Ages / / David Rollo
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| Pubblicazione: | Minneapolis, : University of Minnesota Press, c2000 |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (261 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 478/.0308 |
| Soggetto topico: | 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 | |
| Soggetto geografico: | Great Britain History To 1485 Historiography |
| England Intellectual life 1066-1485 | |
| 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. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Glamorous sorcery |
| ISBN: | 0-8166-9141-X |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910784104703321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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Serie:
Medieval cultures ; ; v. 25.