Building Magic: Ritual and Re-Enchantment in Post-Medieval Structures

by Owen Davies and Ceri Houlbrook

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)...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3030767647
• ISBN13: 9783030767648
• Release Date: September 2021
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 179 Pages
• Weight: 0.83 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.8" x 8.3"