Love Magic and Control in Premodern Iberian Literature

Veronica Menaldi

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Routledge
31 May 2023

Literary studies: general; Philosophy: aesthetics; Religion: general; Eclectic & esoteric religions & belief systems; Magic, alchemy & hermetic thought

Series: Routledge Studies in Latin American and Iberian Literature

This book explores the complexity of Iberian identity and multicultural/multi-religious interactions in the Peninsula through the lens of spells, talismans, and imaginative fiction in medieval and early modern Iberia. Focusing particularly on love magic—which manipulates objects, celestial spheres, and demonic conjurings to facilitate sexual encounters—Menaldi examines how practitioners and victims of such magic as represented in major works produced in Castile. Magic, and love magic in particular, is an exchange of knowledge, a claim to power and a deviation from or subversion of the licit practices permitted by authoritative decrees. As such, magic serves as a metaphorical tool for understanding the complex relationships of the Christian with the non-Christian. In seeking to understand and incorporate hidden secrets that presumably reveal how one can manipulate their environment, occult knowledge became one of the funnels through which cultures and practices mixed and adapted throughout the centuries.

By: Veronica Menaldi
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 229mm, Width: 152mm,
Weight: 310g
ISBN: 9781032051116
ISBN 10: 1032051116
Series: Routledge Studies in Latin American and Iberian Literature
Pages: 158
Publication Date: 31 May 2023
Audience: College/higher education , Primary
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Veronica Menaldi is an assistant professor of Spanish in the Department of Modern Languages at the University of Mississippi. She received her PhD from the Department of Spanish and Portuguese Studies at the University of Minnesota in 2018. Her research focuses on premodern (medieval and early modern) Iberian literatures and cultures with an emphasis on magic, food, and cultural contact. She has articles and chapters published on Castilian and Aljamiado spells and fictions in conjunction with Andalusi, Latin, and Sephardi grimoires; and in-progress articles on the use of foodstuff in similar Iberian texts.

Reviews for Love Magic and Control in Premodern Iberian Literature

"""Menaldi’s book is an exemplary addition to historical Iberian magical research as well as a tribute to the memory of Iberia’s rich diverse past."" - Jennifer Corry, Berry College"