Magic in the Middle Ages

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12 h
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  • 5 Sequences
  • Introductive Level
  • Subtitles in Romanian

Course details

Syllabus

Week 1. Introduction to medieval magic (Pau Castell).

Week 2. Magic & Heresy (Delfi I. Nieto-Isabel).

Week 3. From Magic to Witchcraft (Pau Castell).

Week 4. Magic in Islam (Godefroid de Callataÿ and Sébastien Moureau).

Week 5. Astrology & Geomancy (Theo Loinaz, Delfi I. Nieto-Isabel, Godefroid de Callataÿ and Blanca Villuendas).

Prerequisite

None

Instructors

Godefroid de Callataÿ - University of Louvain
Professor
Oriental Institute (University of Louvain)

Blanca Villuendas
PhD Candidate
Instituto de Lenguas y Culturas del Mediterráneo y Oriente Próximo, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas

Dr Pau Castell Granados
Research and Teaching Scholar at University of Barcelona

Delfi I. Nieto-Isabel
BSc, BA, MA
Dept. of Medieval History, Palaeography & Diplomatics, Institute for Research on Medieval Cultures, University of Barcelona

Sébastien Moureau - University of Louvain
Chargé de recherches du F.R.S.-FNRS
Institut Orientaliste (CIOL)

Dr Gemma Pellissa Prades
Visiting Postdoctoral Fellow
Department of the Classics, Harvard

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