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Magic in Anglo-Saxon England (Old English: galdorcræft) refers to the belief and practice of magic by the Anglo-Saxons between the fifth and eleventh centuries AD in Early Mediaeval England.
An introduction to Anglo-Saxon Magic and Witchcraft. It is not easy to discover exactly what the Anglo-Saxons thought about magic and witchcraft before the coming of the Christian missionaries especially in a small booklet such as this, nor how it was practised.
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What we know of Anglo-Saxon magic comes primarily from the surviving medical manuscripts, such as Bald's Leechbook and the Lacnunga, all of which date from the Christian era. Written evidence shows that magical practices were performed by those involved in the medical profession.
Witchcraft in Anglo-Saxon England (Old English: wiċċecræft) refers to the belief and practice of magic by the Anglo-Saxons between the 5th and 11th centuries AD in Early Mediaeval England. Surviving evidence regarding Anglo-Saxon witchcraft beliefs comes primarily from the latter part of this period, after England had been Christianised .
The extant litera ture of the early medieval west made the magic-religion distinction very clear; yet other literary and nonliterary sources evidenced a variety of practices that fell between these two poles.
Jun 2, 2015 · Just as with other Germanic people, magic was an important element in Anglo-Saxon life, with broader connections to the paradigm of Germanic mythology.
Aspects of Anglo-Saxon Magic is a study of Anglo-Saxon paganism and the role of magic in Anglo-Saxon England that was written by the English poet and independent scholar Bill Griffiths. It was first published in 1996 by Anglo-Saxon Books, and later republished in a revised edition in 2003.
