IMC 2015: Sessions
Session 1105: Transitions of Magic in the Middle Ages
Wednesday 8 July 2015, 11.15-12.45
Organisers: | Martha Baldon, School of English, Communication & Philosophy, Cardiff University Alison Harthill, School of English, Communication & Philosophy, Cardiff University |
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Moderator/Chair: | James Antonio Paz, School of Arts, Languages & Cultures, University of Manchester |
Paper 1105-a | To Protect from the Outside and from the Within?: Magic, Identity, and the Other in the Old English Lacnunga (Language: English) Index terms: Language and Literature - Old English, Medicine, Religious Life |
Paper 1105-b | Janus Faced?: Theurgy and Necromancy in the Liber Juratus (Language: English) Index terms: Language and Literature - Comparative, Religious Life, Social History |
Paper 1105-c | 'Bear wise Bacon's and Albertus' works': Medieval Texts on Magic on the Early Modern Stage (Language: English) Index terms: Performance Arts - Drama, Social History |
Abstract | This panel focuses on moments of transition in 'magical' practices over three different time periods in order to examine the way in which 'magic' was celebrated, condemned and reformed throughout the Middle Ages and into the Early Modern period. In many cases pagan and classical practices were adjusted and Christianised throughout the medieval era in accordance with what was defined as 'acceptable' at a given time. The session shows specific moments of change in various medieval 'magical' practices, but also illustrates the transformation of medieval views on 'magic' and its uneasy position between religious and scientific developments. |