Investigations Into Magic, an Edition and Translation of Martín del Río's Disquisitionum Magicarum Libri Sex : Volume 6

José Manuel García Valverde

ISBN 10: 900444159X / ISBN 13: 9789004441590

Published by Brill Jan 2023, 2023

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Neuware - The sixteenth century saw the world as being mortally threatened by Satan who was encouraged by the widespread popularity of magic and other occult practices. Church and society struck back to defend people from this tidal wave of wickedness. Del Río's panoramic and detailed treatise provided a powerful weapon in that battle. Far from dry scholarship, however, 'Investigations' is an engaging, fascinating, earnest conversation between Del Río and his readers and a major contribution to understanding key aspects of everyday sixteenth century behaviour and the problem of evil.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Investigations Into Magic, an Edition and Translation of Martín del Río's Disquisitionum Magicarum Libri Sex : Volume 6
• Publisher: Brill Jan 2023
• Publication Date: 2023
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 900444159X
• ISBN 13: 9789004441590
• Binding: Buch
• Condition: Neu
• Dimensions: 229W x 150H x 41D millimeters 229 millimeters width by 150 millimeters height by 41 millimeters depth
• Weight: 998 grams

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Synopsis

The sixteenth century saw the world as being mortally threatened by Satan who was encouraged by the widespread popularity of magic and other occult practices. Church and society struck back to defend people from this tidal wave of wickedness. Del Río’s panoramic and detailed treatise provided a powerful weapon in that battle. Far from dry scholarship, however, ‘Investigations’ is an engaging, fascinating, earnest conversation between Del Río and his readers and a major contribution to understanding key aspects of everyday sixteenth century behaviour and the problem of evil.

About the Author

Peter Maxwell-Stuart, Ph.D. (1994), FRHS, FSAC Scotland, is Reader in History at the University of St Andrews. He has widely published on classical subjects and occult sciences, as well as translations including Gómez Pereira's Antoniana Margarita (Brill, 2019).

José Manuel García Valverde, Ph.D. (2004), University of Seville, is Professor of Renaissance Philosophy as well as Greek Classical Thought. He has published critical editions, translations and many articles on the history of Aristotelianism, including Giacomo Zabarella. De rebus naturalibus (Brill, 2015) and Gómez Pereira’s Antoniana Margarita (Brill, 2019).