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Martin Del Rio (1551-1608) Was A Remarkably Learned Jesuit Scholar. His Prolific Output Includes Six Volumes Of Investigations Into Magic Which Sought To Be The Last Word On Magic, Witchcraft, And Allied Subjects Such As Divination And Superstition, And A Detailed Manual Of Advice For Judges And Confessors Engaged In Combatting What Was Seen At The Time As A Dangerous Threat To The Spiritual Life Of Humanity In This World And The Next. First Published In 1599-1600, Investigations Was Heralded As A Major Contribution To The Armoury Of The Counter-reformation, And Went Through Several Editions, The Last Appearing In 1747.--
Read more - Binding Hard cover
- Author/s García Valverde, José Manuel / Maxwell-Stuart, Peter
- ISBN13 9789004441545
- ISBN10 9004441549
- Pages 452
- Published 2022
- Language English
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Investigations into Magic, an Edition and Translation of Martín Del Río’s "Disquisitionum magicarum libri sex" (Volume 1)
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- José Manuel García Valverde, Peter Maxwell-Stuart
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- Brill Academic Pub (2022)
- 9789004441545



