The Benedictine abbot Trithemius, 1462-1516, with a career in the studies of monastic reform, mystical theology and Christian humanism, attempted to recapture the religious origins of magic and to har
An examination of Trithemius's "magical theology," which argued for the compatibility of magic and Christian doctrines, and its influence during the Renaissance and Reformation.
This study explores a prominent Italian Renaissance theme, the origin of genius, revealing how the coalescence of a Platonic theory of divine frenzy and an Aristotelian theory of melancholy genius eve
