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Author: David J. Collins, S. J. (Associate Professor of History, Georgetown)
Publisher: Pennsylvania State University Press
Imprint: Pennsylvania State University Press
Dimensions:
Width: 15.60cm
, Height: 2.30cm
, Length: 23.50cm
Weight: 0.522kg
ISBN: 9780271097442
ISBN 10: 0271097442
Pages: 224
Publication Date: 13 August 2024
Audience:
Professional and scholarly
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Professional & Vocational
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
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Reviews
“David J. Collins has produced a superbly researched, cleverly written, and at times controversial analysis of Albert the Great’s postmortem reputation. It is a must-read for anyone interested in Albert, medieval or early modern magic and other esoterica, or premodern intellectual history more broadly.” —Scott E. Hendrix,coeditor of Integrative Mysticism “Albertus Magnus was a great churchman and theologian. He also, as David Collins shows, took a serious interest in magic, which he thought could explain natural processes. Albertus engaged with magic, as he explained, by reading texts but also by trying things out. As ideas about nature evolved, he played many roles in the thought of later periods, from magus to saint to rationalist. This lucid, learned, and thoughtful book is intellectual history at its best.” —Anthony Grafton,author of Magus: The Art of Magic from Faustus to Agrippa
“Albertus Magnus was a great churchman and theologian. He also, as David Collins shows, took a serious interest in magic, which he thought could explain natural processes. Albertus engaged with magic, as he explained, by reading texts but also by trying things out. As ideas about nature evolved, he played many roles in the thought of later periods, from magus to saint to rationalist. This lucid, learned, and thoughtful book is intellectual history at its best.” —Anthony Grafton, author of Magus: The Art of Magic from Faustus to Agrippa “David J. Collins has produced a superbly researched, cleverly written, and at times controversial analysis of Albert the Great’s postmortem reputation. It is a must-read for anyone interested in Albert, medieval or early modern magic and other esoterica, or premodern intellectual history more broadly.” —Scott E. Hendrix, coeditor of Integrative Mysticism
“Albertus Magnus was a great churchman and theologian. He also, as David Collins shows, took a serious interest in magic, which he thought could explain natural processes. Albertus engaged with magic, as he explained, by reading texts but also by trying things out. As ideas about nature evolved, he played many roles in the thought of later periods, from magus to saint to rationalist. This lucid, learned, and thoughtful book is intellectual history at its best.” —Anthony Grafton,author of Magus: The Art of Magic from Faustus to Agrippa “David J. Collins has produced a superbly researched, cleverly written, and at times controversial analysis of Albert the Great’s postmortem reputation. It is a must-read for anyone interested in Albert, medieval or early modern magic and other esoterica, or premodern intellectual history more broadly.” —Scott E. Hendrix,coeditor of Integrative Mysticism
“David J. Collins has produced a superbly researched, cleverly written, and at times controversial analysis of Albert the Great’s postmortem reputation. It is a must-read for anyone interested in Albert, medieval or early modern magic and other esoterica, or premodern intellectual history more broadly.” —Scott E. Hendrix,coeditor of Integrative Mysticism
Author Information
David J. Collins, S.J., is Associate Professor of History at Georgetown University. He is the editor of The Sacred and the Sinister: Studies in Medieval Religion and Magic, also published by Penn State University Press.
