This volume presents new research in medieval conceptions of magic, science, and the natural world, bringing not only medicine but also meteorology and navigation into the discussion. Ground-breaking theoretical chapters on theology, natural sciences, and the writing of history are presented by established experts in their fields. These are accompanied by case studies of interactions between magic, science, and natural philosophy. Each chapter offers new findings while contributing to a comprehensive survey of the shifting boundaries between natural and supernatural across both space and time. Emerging areas, such as the study of prognostics, are represented by challenging new work. This collection will prove fascinating to everyone engaging with this expanding field.
- COVER
- Contents
- List of Illustrations
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction
- Burridge – Rhythms of the (Super)Natural World
- Bourne – Time and Tide
- Mouzam – Astral Forces and Arthurian Dragons in Geoffrey of Monmouth’s Historia regum Britanniae
- Jeavons – Natural and Non-Natural
- Collard – Matthew Paris, William of Conches, and the Use of Diagrams to Observe the World
- Lawrence-Mathers – Astrology: Science or Divination?
- Giralt – Magic and Science in the Middle Ages
- Escobar-Vargas – Witchcraft and Weather
- Burns-Price – The Boundaries of Magic and Medicine in Medieval Theology
- Edge – Between Natural and Demonic?
- Walls – Late-Medieval Brontologies
- Flood – Wonder and Wonder Working in Middle English Romance
- Matus – Alchemical Poetry, Alchemical Practice
- Parish – Encountering the Wonder in Nature
- Index
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