Disembodied Heads in Medieval and Early Modern Culture

Disembodied Heads in Medieval and Early Modern Culture
ISBN-10
9004253556
ISBN-13
9789004253551
Category
History
Pages
331
Language
English
Published
2013-07-18
Publisher
BRILL
Authors
Barbara Baert, Anita Traninger, Catrien Santing

Description

Discussing medieval and early modern 'disembodied heads' this collection questions the why and how of the primacy of the head in the bodily hierarchy during the premodern period. On the basis of beliefs, mythologies and traditions concerning the head, they come to an ‘cultural anatomy’ of the head.

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