The Occult in Early Modern Europe: A Documentary History

By: Maxwell-Stuart, P. G.

Book Overview

This collection of translated documents, many of which have never before appeared in English, presents a survey of the vibrant, complex, stimulating, perilous world of magic, witchcraft, astrology,... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0312217536
• ISBN13: 9780312217532
• Release Date: January 1999
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 259 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.5" x 8.5"

Customer Reviews

The Occult in Early Modern Europe

An assembly of texts from authors whose occult writings reverberate to this very day. The selection is diverse and sufficiently deep to serve as a general introduction to esotericism in early modern Europe. Moreover, it is an important collection of primary source material. Overall, this should prove an invaluable sourcebook for readers interested in this field of study.

Insight

PG Maxwell Stuart offers a variety of texts concerning the occult that were heretofore unavailable in an English translation. Texts are grouped into categorial chapters and translated into concise modern English. Includes works by authors such as Martin Luther, Newton and Nicodemus.