Forbidden Rites: A Necromancer's Manual of the Fifteenth Century

Forbidden Rites consists of an edition of one of the most interesting and important manuscripts of medieval magic that has yet come to light. In addition to the Latin text, Kieckhefer provides full commentary, including detailed analysis of the text and its contents, discussion of the historical context, translation of representative sections, and comparison with other necromantic texts of the late Middle Ages.

• | Author: Richard Kieckhefer
• | Publisher: Penn State University Press
• | Publication Date: September 01, 1998
• | Number of Pages: 392 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Paperback
• | ISBN-10: 0271017511
• | ISBN-13: 9780271017518