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Black Magic, White Magic & the Theory of Magic

The Rise of Magic in Early Medieval Europe

by Valerie I. J. Flint

Valerie Flint argues that the early medieval Church, while condemning magic, absorbed and redirected many magical practices into Christian forms. A key study of how Augustinian categories shaped early medieval attitudes.

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