Magical Manuscripts in Early Modern Europe: The Clandestine Trade in Illegal Book Collections

by Bernd-Christian Otto and Daniel Bellingradt

Book Overview

Uses an eighteenth century German case-study to examine the clandestine, and sometimes illegal, practices of the early modern European book trade
Addresses questions of censorship regimes and efficiency, of the textual-ritual tradition and eventual canon formations of 'Western learned magic', and of the status and use of handwritten books in an alleged 'age of print'

Provides a methodological pathway towards an interdisciplinary, integrative,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3319595245
• ISBN13: 9783319595245
• Release Date: September 2017
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 166 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.8" x 8.3"