Making Magic in Elizabethan England: Two Early Modern Vernacular Books of Magic, Magic in History Series edited by Frank Klassen (The Pennsylvania State University Press, 2019) Paperback

Frank Klassen, editor. Making Magic in Elizabethan England: Two Early Modern Vernacular Books of Magic, Magic in History Series. The Pennsylvania State University Press, 2019. Paperback edition. 147 pages. Condition: New Description from the publisher: This volume presents editions of two fascinating anonymous and untitled manuscripts of magic produced in Elizabethan England: the Antiphoner Notebook and the Boxgrove Manual. Frank Klaassen uses these texts, which he argues are representative of the overwhelming majority of magical practitioners, to explain how magic changed during this period and why these developments were crucial to the formation of modern magic.  The Boxgrove Manual is a work of learned ritual magic that synthesizes material from Henry Cornelius Agrippa, the Fourth Book of Occult Philosophy, Heptameron, and various medieval conjuring works. The Antiphoner Notebook concerns the common magic of treasure hunting, healing, and protection, blending medieval conjuring and