Download or read book The Magic of Rogues written by Frank Klaassen and published by Penn State Press. This book was released on 2021-02-19 with total page 172 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1510, nine men were tried in the Archbishop’s Court in York for attempting to find and extract a treasure on the moor near Mixindale through necromantic magic. Two decades later, William Neville and his magician were arrested by Thomas Cromwell for having engaged in a treasonous combination of magic practices and prophecy surrounding the death of William’s older brother, Lord Latimer, and the king. In The Magic of Rogues, Frank Klaassen and Sharon Hubbs Wright present the legal documents about and open a window onto these fascinating investigations of magic practitioners in early Tudor England. Set side by side with sixteenth- and seventeenth-century texts that describe the sorts of magic those practitioners performed, these documents are translated, contextualized, and presented in language accessible to nonspecialist readers. Their analysis reveals how magicians and cunning folk operated in extended networks in which they exchanged knowledge, manuscripts, equipment, and even clients; foregrounds magicians’ encounters with authority in ways that separate them from traditional narratives about witchcraft and witch trials; and suggests that the regulation and punishment of magic in the Tudor period were comparatively and perhaps surprisingly gentle. Incorporating the study of both intellectual and legal sources, The Magic of Rogues presents a well-rounded picture of illicit learned magic in early Tudor England. Engaging and accessible, this book will appeal to anyone seeking to understand the intersection of medieval legal history, religion, magic, esotericism, and Tudor history.

Download or read book Rogue s Magic written by Ellie Ferguson and published by Hunter's Moon Press. This book was released on 2020-08-18 with total page 379 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Trouble comes to Mossy Creek. Jaqueline "Jax" Powell left town after high school, wanting to put as many miles between small town Texas and herself as possible. Mossy Creek, however, isn’t your normal small town and once it gets its hooks in you, you never really escape. It has already brought home two of its wayward children. Will Jax be the third? When her best friend and "sister from another mister", Annie Caldwell, is attacked and left for dead, Jax wastes no time in returning home. But is Mossy Creek ready for her return? Before long, everyone will remember why she’d been called “the rogue” growing up. An Earth Elemental, she will join with Wind and Fire to protect those they love. As storm clouds gather over the small town, danger grows. Jax will have to use all her gifts as an Other to keep her friends safe. But will it be enough?

Download or read book Rogue Magic written by N. R. Hairston and published by Fire Ink Media, LLC. This book was released on 2018-08-10 with total page 374 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: My name's Rekia, and I'm wanted dead or alive. So, how does a small town girl from the south end up in the fight for her life between two powerful worlds? It's simple. I have the ability to open portals to alternate dimensions. This works out great for my business. I take crooks, thieves, criminals on the run from the law, etc. . . and I hide them where they'll never be found- in one of the many alternate worlds- for a small fee of course.Everything's going fine until I discover a secret plot between two powerful worlds that could have widespread conquests across all dimensions. Now I've made enemies of the wrong people, and they're coming for me. I could walk away. I could hide myself on some inconspicuous world and never look back. Except, there's a fire in my gut now, and like a dog with a bone, I'm not letting this go. So instead of hiding, I crack my neck, flex my hands, and tell them to bring it. This may very well mean my death, but I don't plan on going down without a fight.

Download or read book Making Magic in Elizabethan England written by Frank Klaassen and published by Penn State Press. This book was released on 2019-12-11 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume presents editions of two fascinating anonymous and untitled manuscripts of magic produced in Elizabethan England: the Antiphoner Notebook and the Boxgrove Manual. Frank Klaassen uses these texts, which he argues are representative of the overwhelming majority of magical practitioners, to explain how magic changed during this period and why these developments were crucial to the formation of modern magic. The Boxgrove Manual is a work of learned ritual magic that synthesizes material from Henry Cornelius Agrippa, the Fourth Book of Occult Philosophy, Heptameron, and various medieval conjuring works. The Antiphoner Notebook concerns the common magic of treasure hunting, healing, and protection, blending medieval conjuring and charm literature with materials drawn from Reginald Scot’s famous anti-magic work, Discoverie of Witchcraft. Klaassen painstakingly traces how the scribes who created these two manuscripts adapted and transformed their original sources. In so doing, he demonstrates the varied and subtle ways in which the Renaissance, the Reformation, new currents in science, the birth of printing, and vernacularization changed the practice of magic. Illuminating the processes by which two sixteenth-century English scribes went about making a book of magic, this volume provides insight into the wider intellectual culture surrounding the practice of magic in the early modern period.

Download or read book Rogue Magic written by McKenzie Hunter and published by Legacy. This book was released on 2018-07-23 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: No one said life was going to be easy, but mine just keeps getting harder. My best friend has been abducted by a madman who seems to have returned from the dead with the sole goal of seeking revenge against me. She's my friend, but she's also essential in finding a cure for a virus that has the potential to destroy the supernatural world. Did I mention there's a war brewing between supernaturals and humans? My people, the Legacy, were responsible for the first supernatural war, and now I'm tasked with preventing the second.

Download or read book The Rogue written by Trudi Canavan and published by Orbit. This book was released on 2011-05-11 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Discover the magic of Trudi Canavan with her brand new novel in the Traitor Spy Trilogy. . . Living among the Sachakan rebels, Lorkin does his best to learn about their unique magic. But the Traitors are reluctant to trade their secrets for the Healing they so desperately want. Meanwhile, Sonea searches for the rogue, knowing that Cery cannot avoid assassination forever -- -- but the rogue's influence over the city's underworld, however, is far greater than she feared. And in the University, two female novices are about to remind the Guild that sometimes their greatest enemy is found within. . .

Download or read book Dungeons Dragons For Dummies written by Bill Slavicsek and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2005-04-08 with total page 434 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Caught in traffic. Trapped in a cubicle. Stuck in a rut. Tangled up in red tape. In the real world, sometimes you feel powerless—but not in Dungeons & Dragons (D & D). In this fantasy-adventure, you have all kinds of special powers. You can slay the evil dragon, overcome the orc or the ogre, haunt the werewolf, and triumph over sinister trolls. You venture into strange realms, encounter strange creatures, and use magical powers. Your character grows and develops with every adventure. With this guide, you can learn the ins and outs of D & D and start playing right away. Dungeons & Dragons For Dummies gives beginners the basics of the complex game and helps experienced players fine-tune their roleplaying. It guides you through: Creating your character (a powerful fighter, a sneaky rogue, a crafty sorcerer, or a charismatic cleric), and character advancement The races: humans, dwarves, elves, and halflings The types of character actions: attack rolls, skill check, and ability checks The 6 abilities: strength, dexterity, constitution, intelligence, wisdom, charisma Feat requirements and types Playing the game, including moving in combat, attacking with a weapon (melee attacks or ranged attacks), and damage and dying Picking skills, armor, weapons, and gear Choosing spells if your character is a sorcerer or domains for a cleric Building encounter or combat strategies and using advanced tactics Maximizing your character’s power with the acquisition of the right magic items: armor, weapons, potion, scroll, ring, wand, staff, rod, plus wondrous items D & D game etiquette Becoming a Dungeon Master There’s even a sample play session that walks you through typical play, gets you comfortable using the battle grid and character markers, lets you test player characters against each other and against monsters, and shows you how to add story elements to create an adventure. Produced in partnership with Wizards of the Coast, written by D & D game designers, and complete with a battle grid, a sample dungeon map, and a glossary, this guide arms you with the knowledge to create and equip a character and empowers you to enter the captivating, fascinating world of D & D.

Download or read book Magic Destiny written by Kate Gellar and published by Kate Gellar Books. This book was released on 2024-09-19 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fate stole her family. Forbidden love could destroy her life. It was supposed to be a clean slate, a place where no one knew about her mother’s death, a burden Abby Brennan feels responsible for. The suffocating walls of her childhood home prompt a desire for change. Abby pins her hopes on an internship at an Irish castle. Maybe there, she can hide from the world. But she is about to discover she is destined for more. Liam is the first to sense it from the moment they touch. Something magical draws Abby to the four men running the program. Each forbidden touch is like wildfire on her skin. Each heated look causes her physical pain. She feels breathless without them near. An awakening, dark power pulses beneath her skin, deepening her dangerous bond with the men. Something or someone wants to hijack the connections she’s forging with the Irish men, all of whom possess magic like her. And as Abby's true nature is awakened, she could heal or destroy everything in her path... Scroll up, grab your copy, and begin your magical love adventure today! What readers are saying about Magic Destiny on other retailers: “A thoroughly ponderous adventure with immortals and witches. You will enjoy it!” “OMG, I love new takes on Celtic mythology.” “I love how the paranormal, folklore and romance is so intertwined that it felt natural and real...” “If you like magic, hot guys and a down to earth type female lead, this one is for you. Loved it.” “I am a fan of paranormal RH and this did not disappoint.” “Story about witches, guardians, and what it takes to save the world from immense evil. Steamy sex and amazing connected characters. Hard to put down. Loved it.” **Book one in a continuing five-book series. A reverse harem, why choose romance. It’s a slow burn, fated mate story where the heroine connects with a different man in each book. She’s unsure, pushy and dangerous, and could be exactly who the moody heroes are looking for. **

Download or read book Bloodring written by Faith Hunter and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2008 with total page 340 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In a near future world marked by apocalyptic religious strife, Thorn St. Croix, a powerful neomage living secretly among humankind, channels her gift of stone-magery into jewelry making, until a handsome police officer, Thaddeus Bartholomew, comes into her life, changing everything. Reprint.

Download or read book Magical Epistemologies written by Anannya Dasgupta and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2021-07-22 with total page 152 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book began with a simple question: when readers such as us encounter the term magic or figures of magicians in early modern texts, dramatic or otherwise, how do we read them? In the twenty-first century we have recourse to an array of genres and vocabulary from magical realism to fantasy fiction that does not, however, work to read a historical figure like John Dee or a fictional one he inspired in Shakespeare's Prospero. Between longings to transcend human limitation and the actual work of producing, translating, and organizing knowledge, figures such as Dee invite us to re-examine our ways of reading magic only as metaphor. If not metaphor then what else? As we parse the term magic, it reveals a rich context of use that connects various aspects of social, cultural, religious, economic, legal and medical lives of the early moderns. Magic makes its presence felt not only as a forms of knowledge but in methods of knowing in the Renaissance. The arc of dramatists and texts that this book draws between Doctor Faustus, The Tempest, The Alchemist and Comus: A Masque at Ludlow Castle offers a sustained examination of the epistemologies of magic in the context of early modern knowledge formation. Please note: Taylor & Francis does not sell or distribute the Hardback in India, Pakistan, Nepal, Bhutan, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka.

Download or read book Rogues and Early Modern English Culture written by Craig Dionne and published by University of Michigan Press. This book was released on 2004-04-07 with total page 425 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A definitive collection of critical essays on the literary and cultural impact of the early modern rogue

Download or read book Lethal Magic written by N. R. Hairston and published by N. R. Hairston. This book was released on 2022-07-29 with total page 58 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Hero once peeled the skin from an entire family and hung their bodies in the front yard of their house for days. He once burned a man alive, then cut off his head while his family watched. I’m used to fighting the local mobsters where I live, but this Hero’s another league of depraved. I’ve caused him millions by taking out the local drug runners, now he wants me dead. Hero’s organization reaches across the globe. His people are everywhere. I’ve been warned this isn’t a fight I can win. It’s not one I’m willing to back down from either. My hair holds the strength of all my ancestors. It can freeze a man to death or burn him alive. My boyfriend Kemp has superspeed. I bet on us, always. If this Hero wants a fight, then I say bring it. He may take my life, but I don’t plan on going down alone.

Download or read book Rogue Knight written by Brandon Mull and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2014-11-18 with total page 354 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Magic and danger abound in the second book in a series of “fanciful, action-packed adventure” (Publishers Weekly, starred review) from the #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Fablehaven and Beyonders series. Cole Randolph never meant to come to The Outskirts, but when his friends were kidnapped on Halloween he had to try and save them. Now he’s trapped in a world that lies between wakefulness and dreaming, reality and imagination, life and death. Cole’s hunt for his lost friends has led him to the kingdom of Elloweer. Accompanied by new friends Mira, Twitch, and Jace, Cole teams up with the resistance movement and joins the search for Mira’s sister Honor. But Elloweer has grown unstable. A mysterious enemy is wiping out towns, leaving no witnesses or survivors. And an infamous rebel known throughout the kingdom as the “Rogue Knight” is upsetting the balance of power. With enemies in pursuit, Cole and Mira must resort to a fascinating new kind of magic to protect themselves. Every move is filled with danger as Cole and his friends try to outwit the High King, who will stop at nothing to regain what he has lost.

Download or read book Lord Rogue written by Patricia Rice and published by Book View Cafe. This book was released on 2017-12-07 with total page 447 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Another heart-warming, page-turning Patricia Rice western! Philadelphia heiress Alicia Stanford has a thousand reasons never to trust a man again. Only, when she flees to hide her shame in the western wilderness, the tantalizing Mississippi keelboatman who takes her to freedom forcefully reminds her that she’s in a man’s world. Books in the Rogues and Desperadoes series: Lord Rogue Book #1 Moonlight and Memories Book #2 Shelter from the Storm Book #3 Wayward Angel Book #4 Denim and Lace Book #5 Keywords: aristocrat, marriage of convenience, English viscount, secret heir, pregnancy, Delaware Native American Indian, wealthy, pioneer, frontier, bad boy, pioneer, Regency, scandal, spinster, betrayal, disguise

Download or read book Dirty Magic written by N. R. Hairston and published by N. R. Hairston. This book was released on 2022-07-29 with total page 46 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It's a lawless place, with bodies piled on the street. Rekia is known for relocating people on the run for their lives. She hides them in different universes where their pursuers can't find them. When one of her clients goes missing, Rekia and her boyfriend Trent enter a dangerous world where nothing is as it appears. The two have never backed down from a fight. Rekia's intent on saving her client's life, even if it means losing her own in the process. If you want to check out Rekia and Trent years later, please check out my World Breaker Series: Rogue Magic Bloody Magic Battle Magic

Download or read book A Victim of Magic written by N. R. Hairston and published by N. R. Hairston. This book was released on 2022-07-29 with total page 189 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Five stories of supernatural carnage. Including five kick-ass women. With five unique powers. On five different worlds. Rye Unchained: Agent Rye has always been able to depend on her skunk DNA in a fight, but when a vicious man with fly DNA kidnaps someone close to her, it sends her into a tailspin with consequence so severe she may never be able to claw her way free. Delia Uncaged: Elementer Delia is in the fight of her life when something ancient and feral stalks her with one goal in mind, killing her for horrific, hideous crimes it claims she will one day commit. Leah Untamed: Telekinetic Leah exists in the rough world of gambling, so she’s used to a challenge. But when a ruthless man with superspeed comes after her for a debt, it leads to a showdown so bloody and brutal few will be left standing when it’s over. Kerry Unrestrained: To stop the reign of terror of a man named Zeke, Coalition Agent Kerry will have to push her powers to their peak. Her team is brawling, casualties are falling, to liberate this rhyming world, they’ll have to put their all in. Then a distraction, the unthinkable happens, Kerry can’t control her reaction, there’s no coming back from this infraction. Kia Unleashed: Succubus Kia’s wrath is uncontrollable, as she hunts down those responsible for hurting her lover and makes them pay. Take the title literally, there will be carnage here, and lots of it. Just a warning! This book contains side characters who identify as LGBTQ. This book has a few strong words.

Download or read book Lawless Magic written by N. R. Hairston and published by N. R. Hairston. This book was released on 2022-07-29 with total page 55 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Rusty's a military man through and through. His entire life is order and discipline. Chaz is untamed and unrestricted. He's been a thief his entire life. Rusty fell for Chaz the moment he laid eyes on him, but Chaz had a boyfriend at the time. Now that relationship has ended and Rusty would like to build something new with Chaz. They start to get close, but then someone close to Rusty is hurt. Rusty vows to make the perpetrator pay. Chaz refuses to leave Rusty's side. Together they take on a bloodthirsty killer intent on destroying all who oppose him. Rusty and Chaz would love to ignite their relationship, but they'll have to stay alive to do it. If you want to see more of Rusty and Chaz, please check out my World Breaker Series: Rogue Magic Bloody Magic Battle Magic