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The Magic of Rogues - Necromancers in Early Tudor England (Paperback)
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The Magic of Rogues - Necromancers in Early Tudor England (Paperback)
Series: Magic in History Sourcebooks
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In 1510, nine men were tried in the Archbishop’s Court in York
for attempting to find and extract a treasure on the moor near
Mixindale through necromantic magic. Two decades later, William
Neville and his magician were arrested by Thomas Cromwell for
having engaged in a treasonous combination of magic practices and
prophecy surrounding the death of William’s older brother, Lord
Latimer, and the king. In The Magic of Rogues, Frank Klaassen and
Sharon Hubbs Wright present the legal documents about and open a
window onto these fascinating investigations of magic practitioners
in early Tudor England. Set side by side with sixteenth- and
seventeenth-century texts that describe the sorts of magic those
practitioners performed, these documents are translated,
contextualized, and presented in language accessible to
nonspecialist readers. Their analysis reveals how magicians and
cunning folk operated in extended networks in which they exchanged
knowledge, manuscripts, equipment, and even clients; foregrounds
magicians’ encounters with authority in ways that separate them
from traditional narratives about witchcraft and witch trials; and
suggests that the regulation and punishment of magic in the Tudor
period were comparatively and perhaps surprisingly gentle.
Incorporating the study of both intellectual and legal sources, The
Magic of Rogues presents a well-rounded picture of illicit learned
magic in early Tudor England. Engaging and accessible, this book
will appeal to anyone seeking to understand the intersection of
medieval legal history, religion, magic, esotericism, and Tudor
history.
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