دانلود کتاب Medicine, Magic and Art in Early Modern Norway: Conceptualizing Knowledge

​This book examines a large corpus of manuscripts from 1650-1850 commonly called Black Books. In Norway, these books appeared exclusively in forms of manuscripts and were designed by individual interests and uses. These books presented a mixture of medicine, magic and art were published all over Europe. Ane Ohrvik assesses the Black Books from the vantage point of those who wrote the manuscripts and thus offers an original study of how early modern magical practitioners presented their ideas and saw their practices. The book show how the writers viewed magic and medicine both as practical and sacred art and as knowledge worth protecting through encoding the text. The study of the Black Books illuminates how ordinary people in Norway conceptualized magic as valuable and useful knowledge worth compiling and written down despite the ongoing witchcraft prosecutions targeting the very same ideas and practices promoted by the books.
This book is essential for those looking to advance their studies in magical beliefs and practices in early modern Europe as well as those interested in witchcraft studies, book history, and the history of knowledge.