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Kieckhefer, Richard was born on June 1, 1946 in Minneapolis.
( In popular tradition witches were either practitioners ...)
In popular tradition witches were either practitioners of magic or people who were objectionable in some way, but for early European courts witches were heretics and worshippers of the Devil. This study concentrates on the period between 1300 and 1500 when ideas about witchcraft were being formed and witch-hunting was gathering momentum. It is concerned with distinguishing between the popular and learned ideas of witchcraft. The author has developed his own methodology for distinguishing popular from learned concepts, which provides adequate substantiation for the acceptance of some documents and the rejection of others. This distinction is followed by an analysis of the contents of folk tradition regarding witchcraft, the most basic feature of which is its emphasis on sorcery, including bodily harm, love magic, and weather magic, rather than diabolism. The author then shows how and why learned traditions became superimposed on popular notions – how people taken to court for sorcery were eventually convicted on the further charge of devil worship. The book ends with a description of the social context of witch accusations and witch trials.
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(Looks at the lives of three representative saints of the ...)
Looks at the lives of three representative saints of the fourteenth century, describes how they showed patience, devotion, penitence, and religious rapture, and examines the spiritual mood of those times
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(How was magic practiced in medieval times? How did it rel...)
How was magic practiced in medieval times? How did it relate to the diverse beliefs and practices that characterized this fascinating period? Richard Kieckhefer surveys the growth and development of magic in medieval times. He examines its relation to religion, science, philosophy, art, literature and politics before introducing us to the different types of magic, the kinds of people who practiced magic, and the reasoning behind their beliefs. This book places magic at the crossroads of medieval culture, shedding light on many other aspects of life in the Middle Ages.
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(How was magic practised in medieval times? How did it rel...)
How was magic practised in medieval times? How did it relate to the diverse beliefs and practices that characterised this fascinating period? In Magic in the Middle Ages Richard Kieckhefer surveys the growth and development of magic in medieval times. He examines its relation to religion, science, philosophy, art, literature and politics before introducing us to the different types of magic that were used, the kinds of people who practised magic and the reasoning behind their beliefs. In addition, he shows how magic served as a point of contact between the popular and elite classes, how the reality of magical beliefs is reflected in the fiction of medieval literature and how the persecution of magic and witchcraft led to changes in the law. This book places magic at the crossroads of medieval culture, shedding light on many other aspects of life in the Middle Ages.
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Kieckhefer, Richard was born on June 1, 1946 in Minneapolis.
Bachelor in Philosophy, St. Saint Louis University, 1968; Master of Arts in Philosophy, University Texas, 1970; Doctor of Philosophy in History, University Texas, 1972.
Instructor history University Texas, Austin, 1973-1974, extension lecturer, 1974. Assistant professor Phillips University, 1975, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois, 1975-1979, associate professor, 1979-1984, professor, religion and history, since 1984, chair department, 1981-1984, 90-93, since 1996, acting chair department, 1989-1990. Lecturer Dickinson College, 1976, Princeton (New Jersey) University, 1976, Internationaler Kongress über Spiritualität Heute und Gestern, Lilienfeld, Austria, 1982, University Wisconsin, Madison, 1985, St. James Episcopal Cathedral, Chicago, 1985, Saints Peter and Paul Greek Orthodox Church, Glenview, Illinois, 1986, St. Xavier College, Chicago, 1986, St. Mark Episcopal Church, Evanston, 1986, Harvard Division School, 1987, St. Athanasius Church, 1987, Brown University, 1987, University St. Mary of the Lake, 1987, Barnard College, 1987, University London, 1988, University Notre Dame, Indiana, 1989, Newberry Library., 1990, University Chicago, 1991, University of California at Los Angeles, 1991, 99, Loyola University 1992, Indiana University, 1992, Rutgers University, 1995, American Society of Church History, 1998, University of the South, 1999.
(How was magic practised in medieval times? How did it rel...)
(How was magic practiced in medieval times? How did it rel...)
(Looks at the lives of three representative saints of the ...)
( In popular tradition witches were either practitioners ...)
( In popular tradition witches were either practitioners ...)
(Medieval Studies, German Studies)
(Book by Richard Kieckhefer)
Member American Society of Church History (president 1997), Societas Magica (president 1995), Phi Beta Kappa, Eta Sigma Phi, Alpha Sigma Nu. Fellow American Academy Arts & Sciences.