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MAGIC Talks PROF. | DR. FRANCIS TOBIENNE, JR. UCL | 19 February 2015

MAGIC Talks PROF. | DR. FRANCIS TOBIENNE, JR. UCL | 19 February 2015

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THE POSITION OF MAGIC in selected medieval spanish texts Magic as Intellectual History Magic as Occultus Magic as part of Liberales Artes Why Spain?

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Page 1: MAGIC Talks PROF. | DR. FRANCIS TOBIENNE, JR. UCL | 19 February 2015

MAGIC TalksPROF. | DR. FRANCIS TOBIENNE, JR.UCL | 19 February 2015

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ITINERARY

• OPEN MIC: POESIS• THE ISLE OF 7 FLAGS• CONTEXT • QUOTING EDUCATION• THE SERVANT MANIFESTO• PoM

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THE POSITION OF MAGIC in selected medieval spanish texts

• Magic as Intellectual History• Magic as Occultus• Magic as part of Liberales Artes• Why Spain?

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PoMtable of contentsChapter One Introduction1.1 Language & Semantics: Signification and Ambiguity of Terms1.2 Black and White: Stories of Gray in Tales of Miracula and Maleficium1.3 Etymologiae: Isidoran Application & the Classical Value of a Pre-history1.4 A Quasi-Digression: a Pre-Modern Observation on Early Spanish Magic & Naturalis

Chapter Two Introduction2.1 A Birth of the University & “Caves” of Learning in Spain2.2 The Position of Translation & Translation Centers in Spain2.3 Alfonso X, el Sabio: Life, Las Siete Partidas and Lapidario

Chapter Three Introduction3.1 Spanish Literature: A History of Ideas3.2 Christian Magic: a Literary Exchange in the Explanation of Phenomena3.3 Magic, Miracula & Mimesis

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TELOS | Q & A