Investigations into Magic, an Edition and Translation of Martin Del Rio's Disquisitionum magicarum libri sex
Volume 5
Published on 15. December 2022
Book
Hardback
784 pages
978-90-04-44158-3 (ISBN)
Description
The sixteenth century saw the world as being mortally threatened by Satan who was encouraged by the widespread popularity of magic and other occult practices. Church and society struck back to defend people from this tidal wave of wickedness. Del Rio's panoramic and detailed treatise provided a powerful weapon in that battle. Far from dry scholarship, however, 'Investigations' is an engaging, fascinating, earnest conversation between Del Rio and his readers and a major contribution to understanding key aspects of everyday sixteenth century behaviour and the problem of evil.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Leiden
Netherlands
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Professional and scholarly
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sewn/stitched
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Height: 235 mm
Width: 155 mm
Thickness: 55 mm
Weight
1421 gr
ISBN-13
978-90-04-44158-3 (9789004441583)
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Jose Manuel Garcia Valverde | Peter Maxwell-Stuart
Investigations into Magic, an Edition and Translation of Martin Del Rio's Disquisitionum magicarum libri sex (6-vol. set)
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09/2023
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Persons
Peter Maxwell-Stuart, Ph.D. (1994), FRHS, FSAC Scotland, is Reader in History at the University of St Andrews. He has widely published on classical subjects and occult sciences, as well as translations including Gomez Pereira's Antoniana Margarita (Brill, 2019).
Jose Manuel Garcia Valverde, Ph.D. (2004), University of Seville, is Professor of Renaissance Philosophy as well as Greek Classical Thought. He has published critical editions, translations and many articles on the history of Aristotelianism, including Giacomo Zabarella. De rebus naturalibus (Brill, 2015) and Gomez Pereira's Antoniana Margarita (Brill, 2019).
Jose Manuel Garcia Valverde, Ph.D. (2004), University of Seville, is Professor of Renaissance Philosophy as well as Greek Classical Thought. He has published critical editions, translations and many articles on the history of Aristotelianism, including Giacomo Zabarella. De rebus naturalibus (Brill, 2015) and Gomez Pereira's Antoniana Margarita (Brill, 2019).
Content
Introduction
Note on the Latin Text
Disquisitionum magicarum libri sex
Book 5: The Third Volume of Investigations into Magic, or, the Suitable Way for Judges and Confessors to Proceed
?1?Preliminary Letters
?2?Dedicatory Verses
?3?Prefatory Remarks
?4?Section 1: Should the Usual Legal Manner and Procedure Be Retained When Trying This Crime?
?5?Section 2: In the Case of This Crime, How Should an Investigation Be Organised?
?6?Section 3: Very Good Circumstantial Evidence Which Means That a Judge Can Proceed Safely to Try This Crime
?7?Section 4: Other Less Compelling and Less Certain Pieces of Circumstantial Evidence
?8?Section 5: (i) Laying Information against Someone, (ii) Witnesses
?9?Section 6: Things Which Usually Take the Place of an Accusation in This Case, and the Accusation Itself
?10?Section 7: Arrest and Imprisonment
?11?Section 8: Accusation in Court after Imprisonment
?12?Section 9: Torture
?13?Section 10: Other Ways of Investigating the Truth
?14?Section 11: Confessions
?15?Section 12: Abjuration
?16?Section 13: Canonical Purgation
?17?Section 14: Acquittal
?18?Section 15: The Nature of Acts of Fortune-Telling [sortilegiorum]. Which of Them Are Conducive to Heresy and Which Are Not?
?19?Section 16: The Punishment and Execution of Workers of Harmful Magic
?20?Section 17: Books of Magic
?21?Section 18: Offering the Eucharist to Those Who Are about to Die
?22?Section 19: Should the Corpse Receive Burial?
?Appendix 1: Additional Material from Pierre Dheure
?Appendix 2: The Reply of Martin Del RIo of the Society of Jesus to the Questions of a Most Serene Prince about the Way to Proceed against Witches [striges] or Workers of Poisonous Magic [veneficos]
Bibliography
Index
Note on the Latin Text
Disquisitionum magicarum libri sex
Book 5: The Third Volume of Investigations into Magic, or, the Suitable Way for Judges and Confessors to Proceed
?1?Preliminary Letters
?2?Dedicatory Verses
?3?Prefatory Remarks
?4?Section 1: Should the Usual Legal Manner and Procedure Be Retained When Trying This Crime?
?5?Section 2: In the Case of This Crime, How Should an Investigation Be Organised?
?6?Section 3: Very Good Circumstantial Evidence Which Means That a Judge Can Proceed Safely to Try This Crime
?7?Section 4: Other Less Compelling and Less Certain Pieces of Circumstantial Evidence
?8?Section 5: (i) Laying Information against Someone, (ii) Witnesses
?9?Section 6: Things Which Usually Take the Place of an Accusation in This Case, and the Accusation Itself
?10?Section 7: Arrest and Imprisonment
?11?Section 8: Accusation in Court after Imprisonment
?12?Section 9: Torture
?13?Section 10: Other Ways of Investigating the Truth
?14?Section 11: Confessions
?15?Section 12: Abjuration
?16?Section 13: Canonical Purgation
?17?Section 14: Acquittal
?18?Section 15: The Nature of Acts of Fortune-Telling [sortilegiorum]. Which of Them Are Conducive to Heresy and Which Are Not?
?19?Section 16: The Punishment and Execution of Workers of Harmful Magic
?20?Section 17: Books of Magic
?21?Section 18: Offering the Eucharist to Those Who Are about to Die
?22?Section 19: Should the Corpse Receive Burial?
?Appendix 1: Additional Material from Pierre Dheure
?Appendix 2: The Reply of Martin Del RIo of the Society of Jesus to the Questions of a Most Serene Prince about the Way to Proceed against Witches [striges] or Workers of Poisonous Magic [veneficos]
Bibliography
Index