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| Genre/Form: | History |
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| Document Type: | Book |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Francis Young |
| ISBN: | 9781788310215 1788310217 9780755602759 0755602757 |
| OCLC Number: | 1145114045 |
| Description: | xviii, 254 Seiten |
| Contents: | Introduction Histories of Magic as Political Crime Studying Magic as Political CrimeDefining Magic Magic and Witchcraft Magic and Treason Structure of the Book 1. 'Compassing and Imagining': Magic as a PoliticalCrime in Medieval England John of Nottingham and the Plot Against Edward II Magic and the Statute of Treason Application of the Statute of Treason The Case of Eleanor Cobham Magic in the Wars of the Roses The Reign of Henry VII Conclusion 2. Treason, Sorcery and Prophecy in The Early EnglishReformation, 1534 - 58 The Tudors and the English Reformation Prophecy and Treason Magic and Treason at Court The Reigns of Edward VI and Mary Conclusion 3. Elizabeth versus The 'Popish Conjurers', 1558 - 77 The Elizabethan Reformation The Accession of Elizabeth The Fortescue Conspiracy The 1559 Bill against Sorcery, Witchcraft and Buggery The Waldegrave and Pole Conspiracies The Burning of St Paul's The 1563 Act Against Conjuration and Witchcraft The Abduction and Trial of John Story The Case of Rowland Jenks Conclusion 4. 'A Traitorous Heart to the Queen': Effigies andWitch-Hunts, 1578 - 1603 119Effigy Magic John Dee and the Wax Effigies Leicester's Witch-Hunt Vincent Murphyn's Conspiracy The 1580 Act for Suppressing Seditious Wordsand Rumours 'Anabaptistical Wizards' Elizabeth's Last Years Magical Treason in Shakespeare's Henry VI Part Two Conclusion 5. 'A Breach in Nature': Magic as a Political Crime inEarly Stuart England, 1603 - 42 James VI and Magical Treason James's English Reign The Case of Sir Thomas Lake Magical Treason in the Plays of Shakespeare The Poisoning of James I Towards Civil War 6. The Decline of Magic as a Political Crime, 1642 - 1700Political Magic in the English Civil Wars Interregnum and Restoration: The Decline ofMagical Treason Witchcraft and Treason England and the 'Affair of the Poisons' vi Magic as a Political CrimeTreason without Magic: The Popish Plot Magic and Politics Part Company EchoesConclusion |
| Series Title: | International library of historical studies, 107 |
| Responsibility: | Francis Young. |
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'The study of magic in medieval and early modern England has been dominated by its having been located within the study of witchcraft, to the detriment of its study outside the history of witchcraft accusations. Legal histories of treason have similarly marginalised the role of magic. This has led to the virtual ignoring of the relationship between elite magic's significant role in political crime and in accusations of treason against its practitioners. The first book devoted to the study of magic and political crime, Francis Young's new volume substantially redresses this situation. Taking us on a fascinating journey through the terrain of treasonous magic, it illuminates how, from the fourteenth to the seventeenth century, treasonous activities against both the monarch and the government were often driven by magical practices - whether by means of astrological calculations, the stabbing or melting of effigies or occult knowledge of poisons. It makes an original and significant addition both to modern studies of the European magical tradition and to the political history of medieval and early modern England, while serving too as a salutary reminder that that history cannot be fully understood without recognition of the intimate relation between the magical and the monarchical.' - Philip C Almond, Emeritus Professor of Religion, University of Queensland, 'Francis Young's new book is an accessible and wide-ranging narrative history of a fascinating subject: magical treason, its methods, practitioners and - supposedly - its "victims". Atmospheric and engaging, it is notably well written.', - Marion Gibson, Professor of Renaissance and Magical Literatures, University of Exeter Read more...
