The programme of the 2010-11-08/10 Odense conference "
Heresy Magic and Natural Philosophy" can be found at
http://h-net.msu.edu/cgi-bin/logbrowse.pl?trx=vx&list=H-Italy&month=1005
&week=e&msg=%2BcAtErZUSP4295W6KSkV1Q .
These talks might be of most interest to the members/readers of this forum here:
Quote:Richard Kieckhefer, White Magic, Black Magic,
Bright Magic – New Trends in the Study of Medieval Ritual
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Quote:Leif Søndergaard: The Pragmatic Mind in Late Medieval Magic
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Quote:David Gentilcore: “Incantations and Other Devilish Things”: Medical
Charlatanism, Magic and Natural Philosophy in Renaissance Italy
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Quote:Henning Laugerud: The Optics of Understanding. Sight, Perception and
Discourses of Knowledge in Early Modern Europe
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Quote:Raisa Maria Tolvo: Teaching magic. Educating the “Populace” about Magic
and Witchcraft in Late 16th and 17th Century Finland