5 The magic of demons and angels

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Preface ix
4. Introduction 1
5. Part I The apothecary’s dilemma
6. 1 Magic and natural philosophy 17
7. 2 Scholastic image magic before 1500 33
8. 3 Some apparent exceptions: image magic or necromancy? 57
9. Part II Brother John’s dilemma
10. Introduction 81
11. 4 The ars notoria and the sworn book of honorius 89
12. 5 The magic of demons and angels 115
13. Part III Magic after 1580
14. 6 Sixteenth-century collections of magic texts 161
15. 7 Medieval Ritual Magic and Renaissance Magic 187
16. Notes 219
17. Bibliography 249
18. Index 267