VAKALOUDI D. ANASTASIA
MAGIC
AS A SOCIAL PHENOMENON
IN THE EARLY BYZANTINE EMPIRE
<ENALIOS Publications, Áthens 2001>
ISBN 960-04-1749-0
SUMMARY
In this work, which consists of five chapters, the phenomenon of magic is
studied as it appears in the early Byzantine society, from every possible aspect: social, economical, religious, political,
cultural, philosophical, technical, scientific, medical e.t.c.
At the same time an attempt is taking place
in order to compare between this phenomenon -as it develops in the Byzantine
society- and relative phenomena of the ancient East, ancient Greece, the
Hellenistic and Roman era and the early Christian era.
Generally this work intends to cover the lack of a wide and thorough study in magic as a social phenomenon in the Early Byzantine Empire.
