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THE PLACE OF MAGIC IN THE INTELLECTUAL HISTORY OF EUROPE
STUDIES IN HISTORY, ECONOMICS AND PUBLIC LAW
EDITED BY THE FACULTY OF POLITICAL SCIENCE OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY
Volume XXIV] [Number 1
THE PLACE OF MAGIC
IN THE
INTELLECTUAL HISTORY OF EUROPE
BY
LYNN THORNDIKE, Ph.D.,
Sometime University Fellow in European History
New York
THE COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY PRESS
THE MACMILLAN COMPANY, AGENTS
London: P. S. King & Son
1905
Copyright, 1905,
BY
LYNN THORNDIKE
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
| CHAPTER I | ||
| ILLUSTRATIONS OF BELIEF IN MAGIC IN MEDIÆVAL AND IN EARLY MODERN TIMES | ||
| PAGE | ||
| General belief in witchcraft, in astrology, and in the existence of magicians | 11 | |
| Even the most educated men believed in astrology | 12 | |
| Further illustration of such beliefs among men of learning, and even among scientists | 13 | |
| Isidore and Bede | 14 | |
| Alexander of Neckam | 15 | |
| Michael Scot | 16 | |
| Roger Bacon | 18 | |
| Bacon’s acceptance of astrology | 18 | |
| Bacon’s belief in occult influence | 19 | |