Building Magic [electronic resource] : Ritual and Re-enchantment in Post-Medieval Structures / by Owen Davies, Ceri Houlbrook.
Building Magic
Erişim Adresi
ISBN
9783030767655 978-3-030-76765-5
Dil Kodu
İngilizce
Yer Numarası
DK/1598
Yazar
Basım Bildirimi
1st ed. 2021.
Yayın Bilgisi
Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2021.
Fiziksel Niteleme
VII, 179 p. online resource.
Dizi
Palgrave Historical Studies in Witchcraft and Magic, 2731-5649
İçindekiler Notu
1. Folk science meets folk memory: Acoustics and illumination -- 2. Bodies: Mummified but not Ancient -- 3. Folk science meets folk memory: Acoustics and illumination -- 4. Sealing Memories -- 5. Seeking protection: Objects of power -- 6. Luck and wellbeing in the home -- 7. Curators and custodians of the revealed concealed.
Özet, vb.
This book redresses popular interpretations of concealed objects, enigmatically discovered within the fabric of post-medieval buildings. A wide variety of objects have been found up chimneybreasts, bricked up in walls, and concealed within recesses: old shoes, mummified cats, horse skulls, pierced hearts, to name only some. The most common approach to these finds is to apply a one-size-fits-all analysis and label them survivals and apotropaic (evil-averting) devices. This book reconsiders such interpretations, exploring the invention and reinvention of traditions regarding building magic. The title Building Magic therefore refers to more than practices that alter the fabric of buildings, but also to processes of building magic into our interpretations of the enigmatic material evidence and into our engagements with the buildings we inhabit and frequent.
Konu
Social history.
Civilization __ History.
Great Britain __ History.
Social History.
Cultural History.
History of Britain and Ireland.
Civilization __ History.
Great Britain __ History.
Social History.
Cultural History.
History of Britain and Ireland.
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