#  F&M 167. Charms, Rituals and Speech Acts: Theories of Magic in Performance 

 





 Semester:   Fall 

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 Year offered:  2012 

 

 

 

Examines charm magic, an utterance simultaneously a command, an appeal, an embodiment of belief, a literary form, a reference to tradition, and a window onto the past. Using all available resources (e.g., charm texts, trial records, material evidence of magical practices) in analyzing the heterologous European magical materials, this course examines the vexed history of ’magic’ as a scholarly category, theories of magic, and historical evidence of charm magic, with an emphasis on northern Europe.

 

 



 

 See also:- [ word power ](/filter_by/word-power)
- [ theories of magic ](/filter_by/theories-magic)
- [ religious change ](/filter_by/religious-change)
- [ magic as a scholarly category ](/filter_by/magic-scholarly-category)
- [ grimoires ](/filter_by/grimoires)
- [ early modern ](/filter_by/early-modern)
- [ charm magic ](/filter_by/charm-magic)
- [ trial records ](/filter_by/trial-records)
- [ South Slavic ](/filter_by/south-slavic)
- [ Nordic ](/filter_by/nordic)
- [ literary form ](/filter_by/literary-form)
- [ German ](/filter_by/german)
- [ Christian and pre-Christian ](/filter_by/christian-and-pre-christian)
- [ belief ](/filter_by/belief)
- [ tradition ](/filter_by/tradition)
- [ runic inscriptions ](/filter_by/runic-inscriptions)
- [ medieval ](/filter_by/medieval)
- [ history of mentalities ](/filter_by/history-mentalities)
- [ ethnography of speaking ](/filter_by/ethnography-speaking)
- [ charm texts ](/filter_by/charm-texts)
- [ Anglo-Saxon ](/filter_by/anglo-saxon)