{"product_id":"the-occult-in-medieval-europe-5001500-9781403902894","title":"The Occult in Medieval Europe 500-1500","description":"\u003cp\u003eOf all the epithets popularly attached to the Middle Ages  superstitious is perhaps the most common and most misleading. The 18th century view that the era was represented by the Catholic Church and therefore backward and dark  in contrast to their own times which were forward-looking  rational and scientific  has created a myth which successive centuries have perpetuated.  This fascinating study challenges the assumption that the medieval period was an age of superstition  offering students a varied collection of documents surveying what people throughout Europe actually thought and believed about the occult sciences at the time. Using translated extracts - many of which appear in English for the first time - from religious  legal  medical and scientific documents  P. G. Maxwell-Stuart presents and explores the various branches of magic  divination  astrology and alchemy which helped people to make sense of their world.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45789703962677,"sku":"ByrdShop_1403902895","price":42.51,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9781403902894.jpg?v=1784695234","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/the-occult-in-medieval-europe-5001500-9781403902894","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}