Download or read book A History of Crossroads in Early Modern Culture written by Bill Angus and published by . This book was released on with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A History of Crossroads deals with the literature and history of the physical crossroads: its magical and religious encounters, rituals of transformation, binding of undesirable spirits, siting of gallows, associations with music, and links to ancient cosmology. Throughout history, physical crossroads have been culturally vital sites where forces human, demonic and divine were felt to converge. Engaging with influential theories of cultural geography, the book assesses these phenomena collectively and discusses the possibility that the varying functions of the crossroads are related, possibly even interdependent. Its primary focus is on early modern Europe, with an isomorphic methodology that considers symmetries in other places and times.