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Dear Sarah,
Pope Silvester II was an alleged sorcerer, and I've got other popes that
have been rumored to have dabbled in those arts. Email me at
[log in to unmask] and I can get you some info.
wendy reardon
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From: "Tom Izbicki" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Monday, August 27, 2001 11:45 AM
Subject: Re: [M-R] Early Inquisition
> medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
>
> Flint, Valerie I. J. (Valerie Irene Jane), 1936- , The rise
> of magic in early medieval Europe / Valerie I.J. Flint. Princeton, N.J.
:
> Princeton University Press, c1991.
>
> Forbidden rites : a necromancer's manual of the fifteenth century
> Richard Kieckhefer. Date: 1997
>
> Magic in the Middle Ages / Richard Kieckhefer. Date: 1990
>
> Tom Izbicki
>
> At 10:50 AM 8/25/2001 -0700, you wrote:
> >medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
> >
> >Hi folks --
> >
> >I've read the Henry Lea stuff on the Inquisition and another couple of
> >books, more modern, whose authorship I can't remember offhand ('twas a
> >while back now). I'm going to be needing to do a fictional treatment of
> >the early Inquisition -- Albigensian Crusade-era. What would folks on
> >the list suggest as their favorite overviews/starting points?
> >
> >Another related (as far as the fiction is concerned) question. I'm given
> >to understand there was sort of a standing urban legend throughout the
> >Middle Ages and Renaissance that a lot of priests/prelates were
> >magicians, natural philosophers, Gnostics, occultists,
> >devil-worshippers, etc? I'm wondering if there are any good sources that
> >explore this idea in detail (I'm interested both in actual historical
> >"priestly magic," to the extent that such exists, and laypeople's belief
> >in priests who are secretly magicians, heretics or demonolaters).
> >
> >Thanks very much in advance! (And by the way, thanks for the running
> >"Saint of the Day" posts...most informative.)
> >
> >--Sarah Roark
> >
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