Magic and Divination at the Courts of Burgundy and France: Text and Context of Laurens Pignon's Contre les devineurs (1411).(Review)

From: Renaissance Quarterly | Date: June 22, 1999| Author: | Copyright information

Jan R. Veenstra, Leiden and New York: Brill, 1998. xii + 433 pp. n.p. ISBN: 90-04-10925-0.

From the twilight of the Middle Ages to the dawn of the modern era, magic, divination, astrology, and other forms of what moderns dismiss as occultism experienced a notable revival in Europe, shaping both elite and popular culture. The last four decades have seen a similar flowering of scholarship, led by, among others, the late Frances A. Yates, that has made considerable progress in distinguishing the main currents of occult thought and practice. These two books contribute in ...

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