Print Grimoires and the Democratization of Learned Magic in the Later Early Modern Period: Bricolage Tradition and the Cross-Cultural Transmission of Knowledge

The relationship between print and manuscript in the entanglement of ‘western learned magic’ provides valuable insights regarding the complexity of cultural transmission across societies and social strata. Through exploring the influence over time of two print books containing conjurations, one in...

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Main Author: Owen Davies
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: CERES / KHK Bochum 2023-04-01
Series:Entangled Religions - Interdisciplinary Journal for the Study of Religious Contact and Transfer
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Online Access:https://er.ceres.rub.de/index.php/ER/article/view/10440
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description The relationship between print and manuscript in the entanglement of ‘western learned magic’ provides valuable insights regarding the complexity of cultural transmission across societies and social strata. Through exploring the influence over time of two print books containing conjurations, one in English the other French, we can trace how seemingly tenuous relationships reveal unlikely global frames of reference with regard to learned magic.
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spelling doaj.art-46cdc4cc1ad042c1b7fe8e894ae51f1d2023-04-17T15:43:16ZengCERES / KHK BochumEntangled Religions - Interdisciplinary Journal for the Study of Religious Contact and Transfer2363-66962023-04-0114310.46586/er.14.2023.10440Print Grimoires and the Democratization of Learned Magic in the Later Early Modern Period: Bricolage Tradition and the Cross-Cultural Transmission of KnowledgeOwen Davies The relationship between print and manuscript in the entanglement of ‘western learned magic’ provides valuable insights regarding the complexity of cultural transmission across societies and social strata. Through exploring the influence over time of two print books containing conjurations, one in English the other French, we can trace how seemingly tenuous relationships reveal unlikely global frames of reference with regard to learned magic. https://er.ceres.rub.de/index.php/ER/article/view/10440grimoiresMangaconjurationmagicprint culture
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Print Grimoires and the Democratization of Learned Magic in the Later Early Modern Period: Bricolage Tradition and the Cross-Cultural Transmission of Knowledge
Entangled Religions - Interdisciplinary Journal for the Study of Religious Contact and Transfer
grimoires
Manga
conjuration
magic
print culture
title Print Grimoires and the Democratization of Learned Magic in the Later Early Modern Period: Bricolage Tradition and the Cross-Cultural Transmission of Knowledge
title_full Print Grimoires and the Democratization of Learned Magic in the Later Early Modern Period: Bricolage Tradition and the Cross-Cultural Transmission of Knowledge
title_fullStr Print Grimoires and the Democratization of Learned Magic in the Later Early Modern Period: Bricolage Tradition and the Cross-Cultural Transmission of Knowledge
title_full_unstemmed Print Grimoires and the Democratization of Learned Magic in the Later Early Modern Period: Bricolage Tradition and the Cross-Cultural Transmission of Knowledge
title_short Print Grimoires and the Democratization of Learned Magic in the Later Early Modern Period: Bricolage Tradition and the Cross-Cultural Transmission of Knowledge
title_sort print grimoires and the democratization of learned magic in the later early modern period bricolage tradition and the cross cultural transmission of knowledge
topic grimoires
Manga
conjuration
magic
print culture
url https://er.ceres.rub.de/index.php/ER/article/view/10440
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