Physical evidence for ritual acts, sorcery and witchcraft in Christian Britain : a feeling for magic /: a feeling for magic. (2015)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Ronald Hutton (University of Bristol, UK).
• Other Names: Hutton, Ronald
• 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.
• Publisher Details: Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire : Palgrave Macmillan
• Publication Date: 2015
• Extent: 1 online resource (xii, 261 pages)
• Subjects: 133.4/30941; History; Witchcraft -- Great Britain -- History; Magic -- Great Britain -- History; Rites and ceremonies -- Great Britain -- History; Evidence -- Social aspects -- Great Britain -- History; Material culture -- Great Britain -- History; HISTORY -- Europe -- Great Britain; HISTORY -- Medieval; HISTORY -- Social History; BODY, MIND & SPIRIT -- Parapsychology -- General; History -- Europe -- General; Religion -- History; History -- Social History; European history; History of religion; Social & cultural history; Great Britain-History; Europe-History-476-1492; Religion-History; Social history; History -- Europe -- Great Britain; British & Irish history; Great Britain -- Social life and customs; Great Britain -- Religion; Great Britain -- Antiquities; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781137444820; 1137444827
• Related ISBNs: 9781349568840; 9781137444813; 1137444819
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Print version record.
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.