Trithemius and Magical Theology
Trithemius and Magical Theology

Author: Noel L. Brann

Publisher: SUNY Press

Published: 1999-01-01

Total Pages: 380

ISBN-13: 9780791439623

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An examination of Trithemius's "magical theology," which argued for the compatibility of magic and Christian doctrines, and its influence during the Renaissance and Reformation.

Biography, Historiography, and Modes of Philosophizing
Biography, Historiography, and Modes of Philosophizing

Author: Patrick Baker

Publisher: BRILL

Published: 2017-03-06

Total Pages: 426

ISBN-13: 9004339752

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By way of essays and a selection of primary sources in parallel text, Biography, Historiography, and Modes of Philosophizing provides an introduction to a vast, significant, but neglected corpus of early modern literature: collective biography. It focuses especially on the various related strands of political, philosophical, and intellectual and cultural biography as well as on the intersection between biography, historiography, and philosophy. Individual texts from the fifteenth to the eighteenth century are presented as examples of how the ancient collective biographical tradition – as represented above all by Plutarch, Suetonius, Diogenes Laertius, and Jerome – was received and transformed in the Renaissance and beyond in accordance with the needs of humanism, religious controversy, politics, and the development of modern philosophy and science.

Historical Dictionary of Witchcraft
Historical Dictionary of Witchcraft

Author: Jonathan Bryan Durrant

Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield

Published: 2012

Total Pages: 293

ISBN-13: 0810872455

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Covers the history of witchcraft from 1750 B.C.E. though the modern day. Includes a chronology, an introductory essay, and an extensive bibliography featuring cross-referenced entries on witch hunts, witchcraft trials, and related practices around the world.