Print Grimoires and the Democratization of Learned Magic in the Later Early Modern Period: Bricolage Tradition and the Cross-Cultural Transmission of Knowledge

Owen Davies

doi:10.46586/er.14.2023.10440

Print Grimoires and the Democratization of Learned Magic in the Later Early Modern Period: Bricolage Tradition and the Cross-Cultural Transmission of Knowledge

Owen Davies

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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.

Original language	English
Article number	10440
Pages (from-to)	1-11
Number of pages	11
Journal	Entangled Religions
Volume	14
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.46586/er.14.2023.10440
Publication status	Published - 14 Apr 2023

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Manga
conjuration
grimoires
magic
print culture

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