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Magic in the Middle Ages

8 best books like Magic in the Middle Ages (Richard Kieckhefer): Gods and Myths of Northern Europe, Myths and Symbols in Pagan Europe: Early Scandinavian and Celtic Religions, The Night Battles: Witchcraft & Agrarian Cults in the Sixteenth & Seventeenth Centuries, Religion and the Decline of Magic: Studies in Popular Beliefs in Sixteenth and Seventeenth Century England, The Crusades Through Arab Eyes, The Book Nobody Read: Chasing the Revolutions of Nicolaus Copernicus, The Making of the Middle Ages, Revelations of the Medieval World

Gods and Myths of Northern Europe
AuthorHilda Roderick Ellis Davidson
ISBN0140136274
Tiw, Woden, Thunor, Frig. these ancient northern deities gave their names to the very days of our week. Nevertheless, most of us know far more of Mars, Mercury, Jupiter, Venus, and the classical deities. Recent researches in archaeology and mythology have added to what was already a fairly consistent...
Myths and Symbols in Pagan Europe: Early Scandinavian and Celtic Religions
AuthorHilda Roderick Ellis Davidson
ISBN0815624417
Most people know of Valhalla, the World-Tree and the gods of Norse mythology, or the strange hunts and voyages of the ancient Irish tales. Yet, few people realize the significance of the similarities and contrasts between the religions of the pre-Christian people of north-western Europe. The Celts...
The Night Battles: Witchcraft & Agrarian Cults in the Sixteenth & Seventeenth Centuries
AuthorCarlo Ginzburg
ISBN0801843863
Based on research in the Inquisitorial archives, the book recounts the story of a peasant fertility cult centred on the benandanti. These men and women regarded themselves as professional anti-witches, who (in dream-like states) apparently fought ritual battles against witches and wizards, to...
Religion and the Decline of Magic: Studies in Popular Beliefs in Sixteenth and Seventeenth Century England
AuthorKeith Thomas
ISBN0195213602
Astrology, witchcraft, magical healing, divination, ancient prophecies, ghosts, and fairies were taken very seriously by people at all social and economic levels in sixteenth- and seventeenth-century England. Helplessness in the face of disease and human disaster helped to perpetuate this...
The Crusades Through Arab Eyes
AuthorAmin Maalouf
ISBN0805208984
In our society the word crusade has been largely divorced from its origins in a European invasion of the Middle East, so much so that our previous president probably didn't recognize how inflammatory this statement was.

This book is a solid reminder that there were two sides, and often more,...
The Book Nobody Read: Chasing the Revolutions of Nicolaus Copernicus
AuthorOwen Gingerich
ISBN0143034766
After three decades of investigation, and after traveling hundreds of thousands of miles across the globe-from Melbourne to Moscow, Boston to Beijing-Gingerich has written an utterly original book built on his experience and the remarkable insights gleaned from examining some 600 copies of "De...
The Making of the Middle Ages
AuthorR.W. Southern
ISBN0300002300
An acknolwedged classic of european history, R.W. Southern's "The Middle Ages" focuses on the period between 900 and 1200 A.D. His geopgraphic focus is mostly northern france, with some asides to Germany, Italy, Southern France and England. His main thesis is the idea that this period saw the emergence...
Revelations of the Medieval World
AuthorPhilippe Ariès
ISBN0674400011
This is vol. 2 of the epic, five volume set. Normally, I can see how a reader might shy away from the prospect of reading five volumes on a single subject (any subject). However, given the time span covered and the all encompassing nature of the topic, private life, this is one five volume "history of" set...
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