Byzantine Magic

Edited by Henry Maguire

    • Preface
    • Introduction
      Henry Maguire
    • The Fathers of the Church and the Evil Eye
      Matthew W. Dickie
    • The Archaeological Context of Magic in the Early Byzantine Period
      James Russell
    • Magic and the Christian Image
      Henry Maguire
    • Holy and Unholy Miracle Workers
      Alexander Kazhdan
    • Reactions of Two Byzantine Intellectuals to the Theory and Practice of Magic: Michael Psellos and Michael Italikos
      John Duffy
    • Balsamon on Magic: From Roman Secular Law to Byzantine Canon Law
      Marie Theres Fögen
    • A Contribution to the Study of Palaeologan Magic
      Richard P. H. Greenfield
    • Magic in Slavia Orthodoxa: The Written Tradition
      Robert Mathiesen
    • Abbreviations
    • Index
  • Cover: Byzantine Magic

Henry Maguire is a former Director of Byzantine Studies at Dumbarton Oaks and Professor of Art History at Johns Hopkins University