[PDF.89be] Binding Words: Textual Amulets in the Middle Ages (Magic in History)

Binding Words: Textual Amulets in the Middle Ages (Magic in History)

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 | #1822263 in Books |  2006-02-01 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 |  9.25 x.93 x6.13l,1.17 | File type: PDF | 336 pages

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||5 of 14 people found the following review helpful.| quality information|By I. Dombrovska|Dear all-who-crave-for-knowledge, this book is good. I mean it. I am writing a fictional story and needed some reliable information on textual amulets. This is very good indeed. A thorough analyses on this subject. I highly recommend it.| ||“Binding Words covers a wide territory, temporally and geographically, to show how amulets are embedded in the fabric of medieval European society as both physical and cultural artifacts. The book avoids artificial distinctions between magic an

In the Middle Ages, textual amulets—short texts written on parchment or paper and worn on the body—were thought to protect the bearer against enemies, to heal afflictions caused by demonic invasions, and to bring the wearer good fortune. In Binding Words, Don C. Skemer provides the first book-length study of this once-common means of harnessing the magical power of words.

Textual amulets were a unique source of empowerment, promising the be...

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