Book 2 Summary and Analysis

Each "Book" of the work, is marked using the Roman numerals rather than the Arabic ones customarily used by today's readers. The front page of each "Book" has its own Table of Contents and long list of chapters. The chapters within the "Book" are denoted simply by Arabic numerals. The author is providing a serviceable account of history; there is no pretense to literary genius in this effort.

The role of divine magic is very noticeable to readers by the second book - here described as the summary's Chapter 2. Having mentioned praying to Saint Martin in the preceding chapter and the medicinal use of the ashes of Saints, this chapter opens with more references to divine magic. In this case, it is the magic of the prophet Elias. He was reputed to control the weather to some extent. He had control...