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Solomonic Magic & the Grimoires

Magic and Superstition in Europe

A Concise History from Antiquity to the Present

by Michael D. Bailey

A compact survey of European magic and the efforts of religious and secular authorities to define and suppress it, from ancient Rome to modern times. Bailey explains how the categories of superstition, demonic magic and witchcraft were constructed and how they changed.

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