Inspired by the work of eminent scholar Richard Kieckhefer, The Sacred and the Sinister explores the ambiguities that made (and make) Medieval Religion and Magic so difficult to differentiate.
In the Middle Ages, the natural world was understood as divinely created and infused with mysterious power..
The essays in this collection investigate how the holy and unholy were distinguished in Medieval Europe, where their characteristics diverged, and the implications of that deviation.
Inspired by the work of eminent scholar Richard Kieckhefer, The Sacred and the Sinister explores the ambiguities that made (and make) Medieval Religion and Magic so difficult to differentiate