Disembodied Heads in Medieval and Early Modern Culture

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  • Disembodied Heads in Medieval and Early Modern Culture Book Detail

  • Author : Barbara Baert
  • Release Date : 2013-07-18
  • Publisher : BRILL
  • Genre : History
  • Pages : 331
  • ISBN 13 : 9004253556
  • File Size : 61,61 MB

Disembodied Heads in Medieval and Early Modern Culture by Barbara Baert PDF Summary

Book 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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