Magic in Western Culture: From Antiquity to the Enlightenment
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Review Number: 1999 Publish date: Thursday, 29 September, 2016 Author: Brian Copenhaver ISBN: 9781107070523 Date of Publication: 2015 Price: £66.58 Pages: 612pp. Publisher: Cambridge University Press Publisher url: http://www.cambridge.org/gb/academic/subjects/history/history-ideas-and-intellectual-history/magicwestern-culture-antiquity-enlightenment?format=HB Place of Publication: Cambridge Reviewer: Francis Young
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Magic in Western Culture: From Antiquity to the Enlightenment.
Review Number: 1999 Publish date: Thursday, 29 September, 2016 Author: Brian Copenhaver ISBN: 9781107070523 Date of Publication: 2015 Price: £66.58 Pages: 612pp. Publisher: Cambridge University Press Publisher url: http://www.cambridge.org/gb/academic/subjects/history/history-ideas-and-intellectual-history/magicwestern-culture-antiquity-enlightenment?format=HB Place of Publication: Cambridge Re...
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