Title Trafficking with demons : magic, ritual, and gender from late antiquity to 1000 / Martha Rampton

Published Ithaca [New York] : Cornell University Press, 2021 ©2021

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Description 1 online resource (x, 465 pages) Contents Magic and its sources in late antiquity and the early Middle Ages -- Demons of the lower air -- Ritual, demons, and sacred space -- A thousand vacuous observances -- Maleficium and traffic with the dead -- The screech owl, the vampire, the moon, and the woman -- Sub dio -- Victimless magic and execrable remedies -- The awesome power of the woman's craft -- Placemaking and the natural world -- Superstition and divination questioned -- Women's magic challenged -- Magic, women, and the Carolingian court -- Magic and materia medica Summary "Explores magic and how it changes through the first millennium CE, demonstrating that as elites increasingly came to see magic as relatively impotent, the status of women decreased"-- Provided by publisher Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on January 04, 2022) Subject Magic -- Europe -- History -- To 1500 Magic -- Religious aspects -- Christianity -- History of doctrines -- Early church, ca. 30-600 Magic -- Religious aspects -- Christianity -- History of doctrines -- Middle Ages, 600-1500 Women in Christianity -- Europe -- History -- Early church, ca. 30-600 Women in Christianity -- Europe -- History -- Middle Ages, 600-1500 HISTORY / Medieval Magic Women in Christianity -- Early church Women in Christianity -- Middle Ages Europe Genre/Form History Form Electronic book LC no. 2018041264 ISBN 9781501735301 1501735306 9781501735318 1501735314

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