FREN 1177 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Nicolas Flamel, Zoophilia
Document Summary
16th century, renaissance, magic was the most advanced science of the time. Magic is the art of making things happen through means that are not natural. Witchcraft is more specifically western and, still more, christian, because it implies the intervention of the devil. Midwives and herbalists practiced a sort of empiric craft based on herbs, amulets, and distorted christian formulas in order to heal common illness, facilitate childbirth, awaken or extinguish desire, or prevent conception. Most of the time these are poor women who didn"t actually have a. Magician more sophisticated, comes by his art through learning. During renaissance magician supposed to control demons, wizard worships devil. Wizard has much larger scope in english than french. Consider witch female and wizard male in late developing languages. In western, witch is most common to describe supernatural ability users. Originally warlock meant oath-breaker,acquired this term in 16th century scotland.
