Licit medicine or 'Pythagorean necromancy'? The 'Sphere of Life and Death' in late medieval England.

The ' Sphere of Life and Death' is an onomantic divinatory device present in around sixty-two manuscripts of late medieval English provenance. It is an example of illicit divination, and as such is condemned in various theological and legal tracts. However, at the same time, one of the most frequent...

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Publicado en:Historical Research Vol. 87; no. 238; pp. 611 - 633
Autor principal: Edge, Joanne
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Publicado: Oxford University Press / USA Nov2014
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