10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «NIGROMANCY»
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nigromancy in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
nigromancy and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Magic and the Supernatural in Medieval English Romance
Chaucer in the Franklin's Tale specifically avoids the terms 'nigromancy' or '
wicchecraft', or even 'enchauntment', all of which suggest the more dubious
aspects of magic.1 Other secular writers are not so clear. The term most often
employed in ...
Corinne J. Saunders, 2010
2
Christianity and Romance in Medieval England
Schooling in the occult sciences may include study of 'nigromancy', apparently
the arts of illusion and natural magic, which may be used to both positive as well
as negative ends. 'Nigromancy' may potentially be demonic, but it is very rare for
...
Rosalind Field, Phillipa Hardman, Michelle Sweeney, 2010
3
The Dictionary of Demons
Nigromancy was a catch-all term for the black arts. Writing in the first half of the
fifteenth century, scholar Johannes Hartlieb identifies nigromancia as one of the
seven forbidden arts. In his Book of All Forbidden Arts, a treatise written between
...
Michelle A. Belanger, 2010
4
World-Building and the Early Modern Imagination
On nigromancy (necromancy), Paracelsus writes: In order that you correctly
understand nigromancy and the nigromancer, note that nigromancy is divided
into five species. The person who can use and knows the five species can
employ ...
5
The Oxford Handbook of Witchcraft in Early Modern Europe and ...
It was usually spelled 'nigromancy' or 'nygromancy', which could be translated as
'black magic' or 'black divination', and some historians prefer to observe that
spelling. Yet for later medieval writers 'necromancy' and 'nigromancy' were not ...
6
Middle-aged Women in the Middle Ages
“necromancy”: it is magic on the edge of acceptability, not magic conducted
through the agency of the dead'.13 'Nigromancy' and 'sorcery' often appear as
near synonyms, sometimes along with 'witchcraft', and it is the false etymology of
black ...
7
A treatise of three conversions of England from paganisme to ...
ligion differenc from the Catholikeinany ofthe former authors, but only hisDelict
ofMagickeand nigromancy, ioyned with the sorceryes of the said madame
Eleanor M reery Ci^am Duchesse of Glocester , and of one Gourde- Margery
Gourdmayn ...
8
An examen of the calendar or catalogue of protestan saincts, ...
ligion diffèrent fromthe Cathoiikeinany ofthe former authors, but only hisDelict
ofMagickeand nigromancy, ioynedwith the forcer yes of rhe faid madame Eíeanor
M reery Cobbam Duchesse of Glocejler , and of one Gourde- Margery
Gourdmayn ...
Robert Parsons, John Foxe, 1604
9
The Exploitations of Medieval Romance
Helen Cooper writes: 'Middle English “nigromancy” is much less pejorative a term
than the modern “necromancy”: it is magic on the edge of acceptability, not magic
conducted through the agency of the dead.'8 'Nigromancy' and 'sorcery' often ...
Laura Ashe, Ivana Djordjević, Judith Elizabeth Weiss, 2010
10
Examen of the Calendar ... of Protestant Saincts
ligion different from the Catholike in any of the former authors, but only hisDelift
ofMagickeahd nigromancy, ioynedwith the fcrceryes of the faid madame Eleanor
Margery Co^'am DuchefTe of Glecejler, and of one Courde- Margery Gourdmayn
...
NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «NIGROMANCY»
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nigromancy is used in the context of the following news items.
Dan Brown's Jewish Connection: Some Clues About the New Book
In the classical medieval Jewish rabbinic sources and earlier, there's a certain theme of interest in magic, astrology, “nigromancy,” and the like. «Beliefnet.com, Sep 09»
