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Other Authors: Maguire, Henry, 1943-

Format: Book

Language: English

Published: Washington, D.C. : Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection ; Distributed by Harvard University Press, c1995.

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Magic > Byzantine Empire > History > Congresses.
Magic > Religious aspects > Christianity > History of doctrines > Congresses.

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Call Number: BF1593 .B98 1995

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Table of Contents:
  • The fathers of the church and the evil eye / Matthew W. Dickie
  • The archaeological context of magic in the early Byzantine period / James Russell
  • Magic and the Christian image / Henry Maguire
  • Holy and unholy miracle workers / Alexander Kazhdan
  • Reactions of two byzantine intellectuals to the theory and practice of magic : Michael Psellos and Michael Italikos / John Duffy
  • Balsamon on magic : from Roman secular law to Byzantine canon law / Marie Theres Fögen
  • A contribution to the study of palaeologan magic / Richard P.H. Greenfield
  • Magic in Slavia orthodoxa : the written tradition / Robert Mathiesen.