Sophie Page, Magic in the Cloister: Pious Motives, Illicit Interests, and Occult Approaches to the Medieval Universe (Philadelphia: Pennsylvania State University Press, 2013), x + 232 pp., $82.95 (cloth), $39.95 (paperback).

Authors

  • Egil Asprem Stockholm University

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1558/pome.v18i2.32203

Keywords:

magic, middle ages, monasticism, magic books

Author Biography

  • Egil Asprem, Stockholm University
    Assistant Professor, History of Religions, Department of Ethnology, History of Religions, and Gender Studies

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Published

2016-12-28

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Book Reviews

How to Cite

Asprem, E. (2016). Sophie Page, Magic in the Cloister: Pious Motives, Illicit Interests, and Occult Approaches to the Medieval Universe (Philadelphia: Pennsylvania State University Press, 2013), x + 232 pp., $82.95 (cloth), $39.95 (paperback). Pomegranate, 18(2), 235-238. https://doi.org/10.1558/pome.v18i2.32203