Cunning Folk: Life in the Era of Practical Magic by Stanmore, Tabitha
Cunning Folk: Life in the Era of Practical Magic by Stanmore, Tabitha

Cunning Folk: Life in the Era of Practical Magic

"Rich and lively."--New York Times Book Review A vibrant look at an unsettled and strangely familiar time...
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Author: Tabitha Stanmore
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
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Cunning Folk: Life in the Era of Practical Magic by Stanmore, Tabitha

Cunning Folk: Life in the Era of Practical Magic

$45.75
Cunning Folk: Life in the Era of Practical Magic by Stanmore, Tabitha

Cunning Folk: Life in the Era of Practical Magic

$45.75
Author: Tabitha Stanmore
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
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"Rich and lively."--New York Times Book Review

A vibrant look at an unsettled and strangely familiar time that overturns our assumptions about the history of magic.

Imagine: it's the year 1600 and you've lost your precious silver spoons, or maybe they've been stolen. Perhaps your child has a fever. Or you're facing a trial. Maybe you're looking for love or escaping a husband. What do you do?

In medieval and early modern Europe, your first port of call might have been cunning folk: practitioners of "service magic." Neither feared (like witches), nor venerated (like saints), they were essential to daily life. For people across ages, genders, and social ranks, practical magic was a cherished resource for navigating life's many challenges.

In historian Tabitha Stanmore's beguiling account, we meet lovelorn widows, dissolute nobles, selfless healers, and renegade monks. We listen in on Queen Elizabeth I's astrology readings and track treasure hunters trying to unearth buried gold without upsetting the fairies that guard it. Much like us, premodern people lived in a bewildering world, buffeted by forces beyond their control. As Stanmore reveals, their faith in magic has much to teach about how to accommodate the irrational in our allegedly enlightened lives today.

Charming in every sense, Cunning Folk is at once an immersive reconstruction of a bygone era and a thought-provoking commentary on the beauty and bafflement of being human.

Author: Tabitha Stanmore
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Published: 05/28/2024
Pages: 272
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.10lbs
Size: 9.10h x 6.40w x 1.10d
ISBN: 9781639730537


Review Citation(s):
Library Journal Prepub Alert 12/01/2023 pg. 16
Booklist 05/01/2024 pg. 4

About the Author
Tabitha Stanmore, PhD, is a specialist in medieval and early modern magic. She is a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Exeter, UK, the first university to offer a master's degree in occult history. She has been interviewed on BBC Radio and TV. Her monograph, Love Spells and Lost Treasure, was published by Cambridge University Press in 2022. Cunning Folk is her first book for general readers.
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