The Speculum Astronomiae and Its Enigma

Zambelli, Paola

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“…Ce sera donc la force qui jugera, en attendant que la raison pénètre dans un assez grand nombre de têtes pour désarmer la force' (Voltaire, Questions sur l'Encyclopédie, art. 'Superstition', 1191-1992. 3) Converti au catholicisme en 1922, Chesterton écrivit divers ouvrages apologétiques dans lesquels, usant et abusant du paradoxe, il déploya, avec son humour habituel, toute la mauvaise foi dont il était capable.…”

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Problèmes et controverses: à propos de quelques publications récentes sur la magie au Moyen Âge et à la Renaissance

Mandosio¹

2007

Aries

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Problems and Controversies: Concerning some Recent Publications on Magic in the Middle Ages and RenaissanceOne of the most difficult problems historians of magic have to deal with is the very definition of magic, so fuzzy and blurred that one may be tempted to oversimplify this complex field of research. Some recent studies and controversies concerning medieval and Renaissance magic exemplify the dangers of one-dimensional explanations. An essay written by the well-known historian of medieval philosophy, Alain de Libera, based on a radical opposition between magic and theology, has been strongly criticized by another historian of medieval philosophy, Paolo Lucentini. On the other hand, the renowned specialist of Renaissance magic, Paola Zambelli, insists appropriately (and often polemically) on 'the ambiguous nature of magic', but in the end she reduces this ambiguity to the trivial opposition between science and magic. It is argued that in these two cases, the weakness of the argumentation lies in the conviction that there is, or should be, a single "determining force" behind the rich and complex historical development of medieval and Renaissance magic. KeywordsMagic; Libera, A. de; Lucentini, P.; Zambelli, P.Les recherches portant sur la magie, qu'elles soient historiques, anthropologiques ou autres, se trouvent confrontées à l'épineuse tâche d'avoir à définir leur objet, même lorsqu'elles ont pour cadre les cultures européennes -où le terme "magie" est clairement attesté, ce qui n'est pas toujours le cas dans d'autres aires culturelles -, et même lorsque les gens qui ont employé ce terme se sont donné la peine d'en fournir une définition. S'agissant d'un domaine aux contours incertains, faiblement théorisé, dont la compréhension exacte est ARIE 7,2_f5_207-225.indd 207 ARIE 7,2_f5_207-225.indd 207 6/25/

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Problèmes et controverses: à propos de quelques publications récentes sur la magie au Moyen Âge et à la Renaissance

Mandosio¹

2007

Aries

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“…15 There have also been studies of particular kinds of text, such as the Ars Notoria (which promised the practitioner a vision of God) and astrological image magic, 16 and of the Speculum Astronomiae, a thirteenth-century work which classified magical texts. 17 The third approach, setting magic in the context of medieval culture more generally, is the most diverse. Several historians have related magic to religion: for example, Valerie Flint and Karen Jolly have discussed the relationship of magic to popular religion and the process of conversion in the early Middle Ages, while Michael Bailey and Pierrette Paravy have linked the fifteenth-century witch trials to contemporary concerns about heresy and church reform.…”

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Magic and Impotence: Recent Developments in Medieval Historiography

Rider

2007

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There has been a great deal of scholarship on medieval magic published in the last twenty years. This article discusses the author's recent book, Magic and Impotence in the Middle Ages, and surveys how it fits into other recent research on medieval magic. This recent research has taken three directions in particular: research on the medieval origins of the early modern witch‐hunts; on the contents and circulation of magical texts in medieval Europe; and on the various ways in which historians have related magic to other areas of medieval religion and culture.

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Dorotheus of Sidon

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2012

The Encyclopedia of Ancient History

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The Speculum Astronomiae and Its Enigma

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Problèmes et controverses: à propos de quelques publications récentes sur la magie au Moyen Âge et à la Renaissance

Problèmes et controverses: à propos de quelques publications récentes sur la magie au Moyen Âge et à la Renaissance

Magic and Impotence: Recent Developments in Medieval Historiography

Dorotheus of Sidon

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