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Author:   Ronald Hutton
Publisher:   Palgrave Macmillan
Imprint:   Palgrave Macmillan
Edition:   2016 ed.
Dimensions:   Width: 14.00cm , Height: 1.90cm , Length: 21.60cm
Weight:   4.483kg
ISBN:  

9781137444813

ISBN 10:   1137444819
Pages:   261
Publication Date:   27 October 2015
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

1. Introduction; Ronald Hutton 2. Magic On The Walls: Ritual Protection Marks in the Medieval Church; Matthew Champion 3. Apotropaic Symbols and Other Measures for Protecting Buildings Against Misfortune; Timothy Easton 4. Instances and Contexts of the Head Motif in Britain; John Billingsley 5. Witch Bottles: Their Contents, Contexts and Uses; Brian Hoggard 6. Concealed Animals; Brian Hoggard 7. Shoes Concealed In Buildings; June Swann 8. Garments Concealed Within Buildings: Following the Evidence; Dinah Eastop 9. Spiritual Middens; Timothy Easton 10. Textual Evidence For The Material History Of Amulets In Seventeenth-Century England; Alexander Cummins 11. Amulets: The Material Evidence; Tabitha Cadbury 12. Cunning-Folk and the Production of Magical Artefacts; Owen Davies and Timothy Easton 13. The Wider Picture: Parallel Evidence in America and Australia; Ian Evans, M. Chris Manning and Owen Davies

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Few historical works have the capacity to make us see an extended period of history in a completely new way. This deeply enjoyable collection, applying archaeology to the history of ideas, does just that. Ronald Hutton's collection of essayists show how physical and archaeological survivals which have been relegated to the intellectual margins by being classified as merely picturesque, are 'prayers made solid', and deserve our serious consideration in understanding the past. - Diarmaid MacCulloch, Professor of the History of the Church, University of Oxford, UK

Author Information

John Billingsley, Independent Scholar, UK Tabitha Cadbury, Plymouth City Museum and Art Gallery, UK Matthew Champion, Freelance Archaeologist, UK Alexander Cummins, University of Bristol, UK Owen Davies, University of Hertfordshire, UK Timothy Easton, Independent Artist and Sculptor, UK Dinah Eastop, University College London, UK Ian Evans, University of Newcastle, NSW, Australia Brian Hoggard, Independent Scholar, UK M. Chris Manning, Dovetail Cultural Resource Group, USA June Swann MBE, Northampton Museum, UK       

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