Magic as a Useful Category of Historical Analysis.
This article outlines the role and function of 'service' magic in premodern society, and suggests ways in which the study of magic can be used as a lens to investigate and understand broader historical questions. Magic studies is a marginalised field, and the supernatural generally is treated as an...
| Published in: | History Vol. 106; no. 370; pp. 200 - 221 |
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Wiley-Blackwell
Mar2021
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