…It was only after the Renaissance that magic was liberated from the religious spells of the Middle Ages. Published in London in 1584, “Discovery of Witchcraft” was the world’s first English-language guide to magic, and it included simple explanations of about 50 types of magic that were performed at the time. The author, Reginald Scot, was not a magician, and his true goal was to deny the existence of the devil and to prove that the strange acts believed to be magic could be performed rationally by humans. … *Some of the terminology referenced in "Discovery of Witchcraft" is listed below. Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information |
…奇術が中世の宗教的呪縛から解放されるのはルネサンス以後である。1584年にロンドンで刊行された《妖術の開示Discoverie of Witchcraft》は世界で最初の英語で書かれた奇術解説書であり,当時行われていたおよそ50種類の奇術の簡単な種あかしがつけられている。著者のスコットReginald Scotは,奇術師ではなく,彼の真の目的は悪魔の存在を否定し,魔術と信じられているはなれ業も人間の手で合理的に行いえることを証明することにあった。… ※「《Discoverie of Witchcraft》」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。 出典|株式会社平凡社世界大百科事典 第2版について | 情報 |
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