On several occasions, particularly on the periphery of the Habsburg Empire during the 17th and 18th centuries, dead people were suspected of being revenants or vampires, and consequently dug up and destroyed. Some contemporary authors named this phenomenon Magia Posthuma. This blog is dedicated to understanding what happened and why.
Sunday, 12 July 2009
Paperback Del Rio
Although not quite a full translation of Martin Del Rio's famous and influential Disquisitionum magicarum libri sex from around 1600, this is the closest one comes in English. Book 2 is probably the one of most interest to those interested in magia posthuma and vampires, and if Maxwell-Stuart's text does not suffice, an original edition in Latin is available on Gallica. Originally published in hardback in 2000, a paperback edition should now be available from Manchester University Press for £16.99.
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