Magic in the Middle Ages Book

This is a perfectly fine look at what the heck magic meant to people, lay or otherwise, especially otherwise. In fact, one of the more interesting things one could take away from this book is how much magic and the mystical arts were largely the preserve of churchmen and elites who wanted to preserve its status as a special thing that only they got to do! Sounds familiar, right?
Other fun bits include K's discussion of how Islamic science filtered up into the European backwater and were the sources of not only the "scientific" knowledge of the time, but also the sources of a lot of the magic stuff.
It is an enjoyable book, perhaps too curt, actually, since the discussion of how magic quickly became utterly diabolical instead of semi-diabolical (in fashionable church circles) is too brief.