Narratives of Sorcery and Magic From the Most Authentic Sources Wright Volume 1

Narratives of Sorcery and Magic From the Most Authentic Sources Wright Volume 1

Narratives of Sorcery and MagicFrom the Most Authentic Sources\nAuthor(s): Thomas Wright\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Cambridge University Press, United Kingdom\nImprint: Cambridge University Press\nISBN-13: 9781108044189, 978-1108044189\nSynopsis\nThe English historian and antiquary Thomas Wright [tel] co-founded and joined a number of antiquarian and literary societies. He was greatly interested in Old English, Middle English and Anglo-Norman texts, and in the 1840s and 1850s he published widely within these areas. Gradually his focus shifted to the archaeology of Roman Britain and to Anglo-Saxon cemeteries. Although much of Wright's research has been completely superseded, his work is still considered worth consulting, as he collected material not readily available elsewhere. This two-volume 1851 publication is testimony to Wright's interest in folklore, sorcery and legend. In Volume 1 the author accounts of sorcery across Europe, and he considers the legendary Dr Faustus as an .

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