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Author:   Veronica Menaldi
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Weight:   0.453kg
ISBN:  

9781032051116

ISBN 10:   1032051116
Pages:   158
Publication Date:   31 May 2023
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Tertiary & Higher Education
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

"Introduction: Love Magic as a Metaphor for Control and Admiration Convivencia, Courtly Love, and Categorizing Magic 1. Thirteenth-Century Alfonso X’s Interest in Andalusi and Islamic Magic Eucharists as Magical Chastity Belts in Cantiga 104 Demons as Tools for Magical Seduction in Cantiga 125 2. Enchanted Spaces as Sites of Melding Thirteenth/Fourteenth-Century Knowledge Marriage and Temptation in the Sulfuric Lake in the Libro del Caballero Zifar The Devil’s Seduction of Roboán and His Loss of the Fortunate Isles in the Zifar 3. Transgressive Clerical Employment of Fourteenth-Century Go-Betweens Amorous Linguistic Enchantments in Libro de buen amor 4. Sephardi and Andalusi Influences in Fifteenth- and Sixteenth-Century Mediators Match-Maker Celestina’s Pantry of Herbs and Medicinal Supplies The Cord that Broke Courtly Love in Celestina 5. Lingering Morisco Practices in Seventeenth-Century Imaginary Medieval Inspirations for Feminine Empowerment and Meddling Neighbors and Mediated Trickery of the Innocent Nocturnal Trace-Induced Intimacy by Moorish Necromancer in ""La inocencia castigada"" Conclusion"

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"""Menaldi’s book is an exemplary addition to historical Iberian magical research as well as a tribute to the memory of Iberia’s rich diverse past."" - Jennifer Corry, Berry College"

Author Information

Veronica Menaldi is an assistant professor of Spanish in the Department of Modern Languages at the University of Mississippi. She received her PhD from the Department of Spanish and Portuguese Studies at the University of Minnesota in 2018. Her research focuses on premodern (medieval and early modern) Iberian literatures and cultures with an emphasis on magic, food, and cultural contact. She has articles and chapters published on Castilian and Aljamiado spells and fictions in conjunction with Andalusi, Latin, and Sephardi grimoires; and in-progress articles on the use of foodstuff in similar Iberian texts.

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