Print Grimoires and the Democratization of Learned Magic in the Later Early Modern Period: Bricolage Tradition and the Cross-Cultural Transmission of Knowledge
The relationship between print and manuscript in the entanglement of ‘western learned magic’ provides valuable insights regarding the complexity of cultural transmission across societies and social strata. Through exploring the influence over time of two print books containing conjurations, one in E...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Ruhr-Universität Bochum
2023
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Entangled Religions
Year: 2023, Volume: 14, Issue: 3 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Scot, Reginald 1538-1599, The discoverie of witchcraft
/ Le Grand Grimoire
/ Mizuki, Shigeru 1922-2015, Akuma-kun
/ Magical literature
/ Magic
/ Handwriting
/ Book printing
/ Democratization
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| RelBib Classification: | AG Religious life; material religion AZ New religious movements KBF British Isles KBG France TJ Modern history ZG Media studies; Digital media; Communication studies |
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print culture
B Magic B conjuration B grimoires B Manga |
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| Summary: | The relationship between print and manuscript in the entanglement of ‘western learned magic’ provides valuable insights regarding the complexity of cultural transmission across societies and social strata. Through exploring the influence over time of two print books containing conjurations, one in English the other French, we can trace how seemingly tenuous relationships reveal unlikely global frames of reference with regard to learned magic. |
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| ISSN: | 2363-6696 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Entangled Religions
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.46586/er.14.2023.10440 |