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Building Magic
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.
The World of the Tavern
The subject of drink received a great deal of attention from early modern Europeans. Preachers, physicians, authorities, artists and travellers all addressed it from a range of different perspectives. At the same time, inns, taverns and alehouses served as multifunctional centres in towns and villages throughout Europe. This combination resulted in a wealth of sources, both institutional and cultural, which are only now beginning to be explored. This anthology features new research on public houses in England, Russia and the German lands. In a series of general, thematic and regional studies, contributors engage with broader debates in early modern history, shedding light on such key issues as consumption, travel and communication, state building, confessional identity, fiscal practice, gender and household relations, and the use of public spaces. The result is a volume that should appeal to anybody with an interest in early modern cultural history.
Public Drinking in the Early Modern World Vol 2
This four-volume reset edition presents a wide-ranging collection of primary sources which uncover the language and behaviour of local and state authorities, of peasants and town-dwellers, and of drinking companions and irate wives.
'Verflixt!'
Geister, Hexen und Dämonen begleiten die Menschen seit Jahrhunderten. Als Projektionen menschlicher Empfindungen wie Furcht, Neid, Sehnsucht oder Angst vor dem Zufall waren sie lange fester Bestandteil des täglichen Lebens. 'Abergläubische' Konzepte prägten viele Bereiche des menschlichen Alltags. Doch selbst heute hat das 'Magische' noch einen Platz in der Gesellschaft. Dieser Band stellt die Vorträge einer wissenschaftlichen Tagung zusammen, die im Sommer 2012 vorbereitend zum Themenjahr 'Verflixt! Geister, Hexen und Dämonen' im LWL-Freilichtmuseum Detmold stattfand. Wissenschaftlerinnen und Wissenschaftler verschiedener Disziplinen beleuchteten 'abergläubische' Phänomene vom Böxenwolf bis zum Wiedergänger.
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