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A History of Magic and Experimental Science, Volume 2 (of 2) / During the First Thirteen Centuries of Our Era

Chapter 28: BOOK V. THE THIRTEENTH CENTURY
By Lynn Thorndike
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The volume traces the entwined histories of magic, natural philosophy, and emergent experimental practices across the twelfth and thirteenth centuries, moving chapter by chapter through key medieval thinkers, translators, and texts. It examines scholastic responses to astrology and demons, the transmission of Arabic and Hermetic material into Latin, and medieval treatments of alchemy, medicine, and marvel literature. Biographical and textual studies of figures such as Abelard, Hugh of St. Victor, Adelard of Bath, Maimonides, Albertus Magnus, Roger Bacon, and Thomas Aquinas illuminate attitudes toward experiment, occult arts, and scripture. The narrative combines manuscript evidence, translations, and analytical chapters on technical treatises, grimoires, and dream-books.

BOOK V. THE THIRTEENTH CENTURY

Foreword
Chapter 51. Michael Scot.
Chapter 52. William of Auvergne.
Chapter 53. Thomas of Cantimpré.
Chapter 54. Bartholomew of England.
Chapter 55. Robert Grosseteste.
Chapter 56. Vincent of Beauvais.
Chapter 57. Early Thirteenth Century Medicine: Gilbert of England and William of England.
Chapter 58. Petrus Hispanus.
Chapter 59. Albertus Magnus.
I. Life.
II. As a scientist.
III. His allusions to magic.
IV. Marvelous virtues in nature.
V. Attitude toward astrology.
Chapter 60. Thomas Aquinas.
Chapter 61. Roger Bacon.
I. Life.
II. Criticism of and part in medieval learning.
III. His experimental science.
IV. Attitude toward magic and astrology.
V. Conclusion.
Chapter 62. The Speculum Astronomiae.
Chapter 63. Three Treatises Ascribed to Albert.
Chapter 64. Experiments and Secrets of Galen, Rasis, and Others
I. Medical and Biological.
II. Chemical and Magical.
Chapter 66. Picatrix.
Chapter 67. Guido Bonatti and Bartholomew of Parma.
Chapter 68. Arnald of Villanova.
Chapter 69. Raymond Lull.
Chapter 70. Peter of Abano.
Chapter 71. Cecco d’Ascoli.
Chapter 72. Conclusion.