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medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture In the James stories, "conjurare" means what Theresa says: "conjurer aliquem: to conjure, to beseech with invocation of God's name". When someone meets a ghost in these stories he or she always "conjures" them in God's name to tell them who they are. I translated all 12 plus a few later additions in "Medieval Popular Religion: A Reader." I'm pretty sure Andrew Joynes translated most of them in "Medieval Ghost Stories: An Anthology of Miracles, Marvels and Prodigies" (2006) but I can't check since all my books are boxed up at the moment as I'm in the middle of a move. I can send you a typescript of my translation if it would be of help. On Mon, Sep 24, 2018 at 12:08 PM Gross-Diaz, Theresa <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture > > ... but also this, from Niermeyer: > > "conjurer aliquem: to conjure, to beseech with invocation of God's name" > > > TGD > > > ------------------------------ > *From:* medieval-religion - Scholarly discussions of medieval religious > culture <[log in to unmask]> on behalf of Cormack, Margaret > Jean <[log in to unmask]> > *Sent:* Monday, September 24, 2018 9:45 AM > *To:* [log in to unmask] > *Subject:* Re: [M-R] conjuration > > medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture > > Greetings all, > Thanks to those who provided help. I now have another question. I am > organizing a Latin reading group making use of MR James' 12 Medieval Ghost > stories (and if fanyone is aware of a translation on line, I would like to > know . . ) Anyway, I have hunted in the Latin dictionaries most likely to > have medieval material and have been unable to come up with a definition > for the verb 'conjuro' which MUST mean something related to 'conjuration', > as one might conjure a spirit. > Any suggestions? > Meg > > ********************************************************************** To > join the list, send the message: subscribe medieval-religion YOUR NAME to: > [log in to unmask] To send a message to the list, address it to: > [log in to unmask] To leave the list, send the message: > unsubscribe medieval-religion to: [log in to unmask] In order to > report problems or to contact the list's owners, write to: > [log in to unmask] For further information, visit > our web site: http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/medieval-religion > ********************************************************************** To > join the list, send the message: subscribe medieval-religion YOUR NAME to: > [log in to unmask] To send a message to the list, address it to: > [log in to unmask] To leave the list, send the message: > unsubscribe medieval-religion to: [log in to unmask] In order to > report problems or to contact the list's owners, write to: > [log in to unmask] For further information, visit > our web site: http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/medieval-religion -- John Shinners Professor, Schlesinger Chair in Humanistic Studies Emeritus Saint Mary's College Notre Dame, Indiana 46556 Phone: 574-284-4534 Fax: 284-4855 www.saintmarys.edu/~hust "Learn everything. Later you will see that nothing is superfluous." -- Hugh of St. Victor (d. 1141) ********************************************************************** To join the list, send the message: subscribe medieval-religion YOUR NAME to: [log in to unmask] To send a message to the list, address it to: [log in to unmask] To leave the list, send the message: unsubscribe medieval-religion to: [log in to unmask] In order to report problems or to contact the list's owners, write to: [log in to unmask] For further information, visit our web site: http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/medieval-religion