Conjuring Spirits: Texts and Traditions of Medieval Ritual Magic - Magic in History

Marc Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 266-274) and index.;'Conjuring Spirits' contains general surveys & analyses of magical texts & manuscripts by scholars in a variety of disciplines. The book will be invaluable for scholars & others interested in the issues surrounding ritual magic texts in the Middle Ages. Contributor Bio:  Fanger, Claire Claire Fanger is Assistant Professor of Religious Studies at Rice University. She is the editor of Conjuring Spirits: Texts and Traditions of Medieval Ritual Magic (Penn State, 1998). Contributor Bio:  Kieckhefer, Richard Richard Kieckhefer is Professor of Religion and History at Northwestern University and an acknowledged expert on medieval magic and witchcraft. His publications include European Witch Trials: Their Foundations in Popular and Learned Culture, 1300-1500 (1976), Repression of Heresy in Medieval Germany (1979), Unquiet Souls: Fourteenth-Century Saints and Their Religious Milieu (1984), and Magic in the Middle Ages (1990). Contributor Bio:  Watson, Nicholas Fiona Somerset is Associate Professor of English at Duke University. She is the author of Clerical Discourse and Lay Audience in Late Medieval England (1998).