Monastic Magic and Healing

Description

The dataset was created during research for Professor Roberta Gilchrist�s Rhind Lectures in 2017 and subsequent publication on Sacred Heritage (R. Gilchrist, 'Sacred Heritage and Monastic Archaeology: Interpreting Medieval Identities and Beliefs', Cambridge University Press, forthcoming). The Rhind Lectures are hosted annually by the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland.

Part of this research concentrated on establishing the range of archaeological evidence for magic and healing practices from later medieval monastic and church contexts in Scotland (c. 1000 AD � c. 1600 AD). This was collected from published excavation reports and from Historic Environment Scotland�s Canmore Database, and was recorded in a Microsoft Access database. Evidence was chosen for inclusion in the database based on current understandings of medieval magic and healing, and the potential forms this could take in the archaeological record. It is comprised of burials, objects and environmental data, such as medicinal plant remains, amulets, evidence for surgery and pathology on human skeletal remains. This is the first regional synthesis of the archaeology of magic and healing from medieval Scotland and marks a first step towards understanding this under-researched area of archaeology.

Alternative title:	Sacred Heritage and Monastic Archaeology: Interpreting Medieval Identities and Beliefs
Resource Type:	Dataset
Creators:	Watson, Gemma
Contributors:	Gilchrist, Roberta
Rights-holders:	University of Reading
Data Publisher:	University of Reading
Publication Year:	2018
Data last accessed:	24 April 2024
DOI:	https://doi.org/10.17864/1947.152
Metadata Record URL:	https://researchdata.reading.ac.uk/id/eprint/152
Organisational units:	Science > School of Archaeology, Geography and Environmental Science > Department of Archaeology
Participating Organisations:	University of Reading
Keywords:	medieval magic, medieval healing, monastic archaeology
Rights:	Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International
Data Availability:	OPEN
Additional details Additional details Project Name: Sacred Heritage and Monastic Archaeology: Interpreting Medieval Identities and Beliefs Funders: No Funder Resource Language: English Collection period: From October 2014 To September 2017 Temporal coverage: From 1000 To 1600 Geographic coverage: Scotland Data collection method: Data was collected from published excavation reports and from Historic Environment Scotland�s Canmore Database, and was recorded in a Microsoft Access database. Evidence was chosen for inclusion in the database based on current understandings of medieval magic and healing, and the potential forms this could take in the archaeological record. Depositing User: Dr Gemma Watson Date Deposited: 07 Jun 2018 10:11 Last Modified: 21 Mar 2024 05:20

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• Sacred Heritage and Monastic Archaeology: Interpreting Medieval Identities and Beliefs. (deposited 24 May 2018 10:35)
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