Leechcraft

Auteurs

• Stephen Pollington

Paramètres

• 539 pages
• 19 heures de lecture

• Histoire
• Manuels et guides
• Nonfiction
• Plantes et botanique
• Sorcellerie et magie

En savoir plus sur le livre

A comprehensive and detailed examination of every aspect of the early English approach to illness and healing, including a full list of the plants used and the properties they contain. Other themes include witchcraft, magic and paganism and appendices present healing theories, amulets, causes of disease, charms, dreams, omens and tree-lore. Three key Old English texts are reproduced in full, accompanied by new translations: Bald's Third Leechbook, the Lacnunga Manuscript, and 'The Old English Herbarium' Manuscript 5. This is a fascinating work of reference, packed full of information and interesting details.

Achat du livre

• Année de publication: 2008
• Reliure: (souple)