The book, the mirror, and the living dead : necromancy and the early modern period
In early modem England, necromancy was a general term applied to the practice of black magic. Manuals for summoning demons, the dead, and other reprobate apparitions were available to the practitioners of this art, and descriptions of necromancy appeared in other genres ranging from theory to fictio...
Main Author: | Lovitt, Sean |
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Format: | Others |
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2009
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Online Access: | http://spectrum.library.concordia.ca/976589/1/MR63081.pdf Lovitt, Sean <http://spectrum.library.concordia.ca/view/creators/Lovitt=3ASean=3A=3A.html> (2009) The book, the mirror, and the living dead : necromancy and the early modern period. Masters thesis, Concordia University. |
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