EAN: 9781349691319

MEDICINE MAGIC AND ART IN EARLY MODERN NORWAY -...

This book addresses magical ideas and practices in early modern Norway. It examines a large
corpus of Norwegian manuscripts from 1650-1850 commonly called Black Books which contained a
mixture of recipes on medicine  magic  and art. Ane Ohrvik assesses the Black Books from the
vantage point of those who wrote the manuscripts and thus offers an original study of how early
modern magical practitioners presented their ideas and saw their practices. The book show how
the writers viewed magic and medicine both as practical and sacred art and as knowledge worth
protecting through encoding the text. The study of the Black Books illuminates how ordinary
people in Norway conceptualized magic as valuable and useful knowledge worth of collecting and
saving despite the ongoing witchcraft prosecutions targeting the very same ideas and practices
as the books promoted. Medicine  Magic and Art in Early Modern Norway is essential for those
looking to advance their studies in magical beliefs and practices in early modern Europe as
well as those interested in witchcraft studies  book history  and the history of knowledge.

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