I’m a big nerd and I’ve read a lot of books of all different kinds, and I’m an English teacher.
Tell me what you like or what you’re looking for and I’ll recommend something I think is good
Also, fun history fact, this comm used to be called c/books until I started posting poetry on main every day in protest of there not being a literature comm. Direct action gets the goods comrades
Magic in the Middle Ages - Richard Kieckhefer
It’s fairly short and covers broad strokes with some poignant examples of specifics. Generally the thesis is that people treated magic like any other knowledge or specialization and they practiced it hoping to solve practical problems.
Magic in the Middle Ages