Magic in the Cloister: Pious Motives, Illicit Interests, and Occult Approaches to the Medieval Universe by Sophie Page (The Pennsyvania State University Press, 2013) Paperback both learned and popular

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Magic in the Cloister: Pious Motives, Illicit Interests, and Occult Approaches to the Medieval Universe by Sophie Page (The Pennsyvania State University Press, 2013) Paperback both learned and popularSophie Page. Magic in the Cloister: Pious Motives, Illicit Interests, and Occult Approaches to the Medieval Universe, Magic in History. University Park, PA: The Pennsylvania State University Press, 2013. Paperback edition. 232 pages. Condition: New Description from the publisher: "During the late thirteenth and early fourteenth centuries a group of monks with occult interests donated what became a remarkable collection of more than thirty magic texts