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'Charms', Liturgies, and Secret Rites in Early Medieval England
This chapter is in the book 'Charms', Liturgies, and Secret Rites in Early Medieval England
© 2018, Boydell and Brewer

© 2018, Boydell and Brewer

Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter i
  2. Contents v
  3. Illustrations vi
  4. Acknowledgements vii
  5. Abbreviations viii
  6. Introduction 1
  7. Part I
  8. 1 Kill or Cure: Anglo-Saxon Understandings of Galdor 21
  9. 2 By the Power Vested in Me: Galdor in Authorised Rituals 65
  10. Part II
  11. 3 Ite Missa Est: The Liturgical Nature of ‘Charms’ 101
  12. 4 Crops and Robbers: A Case Study of the Vitellius Psalter 134
  13. Part III
  14. 5 In the Beginning Was the Letter: The Cosmological Power of ‘Gibberish’ 169
  15. Conclusion 215
  16. Bibliography 219
  17. General Index 248
  18. Index of Manuscripts 251
https://doi.org/10.1515/9781787442887-toc

Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter i
  2. Contents v
  3. Illustrations vi
  4. Acknowledgements vii
  5. Abbreviations viii
  6. Introduction 1
  7. Part I
  8. 1 Kill or Cure: Anglo-Saxon Understandings of Galdor 21
  9. 2 By the Power Vested in Me: Galdor in Authorised Rituals 65
  10. Part II
  11. 3 Ite Missa Est: The Liturgical Nature of ‘Charms’ 101
  12. 4 Crops and Robbers: A Case Study of the Vitellius Psalter 134
  13. Part III
  14. 5 In the Beginning Was the Letter: The Cosmological Power of ‘Gibberish’ 169
  15. Conclusion 215
  16. Bibliography 219
  17. General Index 248
  18. Index of Manuscripts 251
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