In:
Traditio, Cambridge University Press (CUP), Vol. 58 ( 2003), p. 59-90
Abstract:
In Etymologies 8.9, Isidore presents a detailed classification of the diverse group of ritual experts he calls magi. Well organized, erudite, flexible enough to include a wide range of specialists, and, as its record of influence demonstrates, enormously useful as a template for later medieval classifications, the “De Magis” offers what can rightly be called the first definitive western Christian taxonomy of unauthorized practitioners. Although Isidore relied heavily on a wide range of pagan and Christian sources for the contents of the chapter, their selection, revision, and arrangement—the elements of his taxonomy—were all his own.
Type of Medium:
Online Resource
ISSN:
0362-1529
,
2166-5508
DOI:
10.1017/S0362152900002993
Language:
English
Publisher:
Cambridge University Press (CUP)
Publication Date:
2003
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200800-2
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1
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5,1
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