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Autore |
Davies Owen <1948-> |
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Titolo |
Building Magic : Ritual and Re-enchantment in Post-Medieval Structures / / by Owen Davies, Ceri Houlbrook |
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Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2021 |
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[1st ed. 2021.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (180 pages) |
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Collana |
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Palgrave Historical Studies in Witchcraft and Magic, , 2731-5649 |
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Soggetti |
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Social history |
Civilization - History |
Great Britain - History |
Social History |
Cultural History |
History of Britain and Ireland |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Nota di contenuto |
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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. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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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 |
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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. |
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