Books by Charles Burnett

A collection of articles on the transmission of Arabic learning to Europe that focuses on the identity of the Latin translators and the context in which they were working, beginning with the earliest known translations from Arabic at the end of the 10th century.

After discussing the terminology of talismanic magic and its position in divisions of science in the Middle Ages, this book traces the history of talismanic texts from the Classical period through the Arabic world to the Latin Middle Ages. It also includes 20 studies in English.