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The Magic of RoguesFrank Klaassen

Solomonic Magic & the Grimoires

The Magic of Rogues

Necromancers in Early Tudor England

by Frank Klaassen & Sharon Hubbs Wright

A short, vivid study built around a 1530s court case in which a group of would-be treasure-hunters used necromantic rites in an attempt to conjure spirits and find hidden gold. Drawing on legal records and the magic texts the men owned, Klaassen and Wright reconstruct their practice, their networks and the world of Tudor magical entrepreneurs. Accessible to general readers, it shows grimoire magic as lived and prosecuted reality.

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