Heads will roll : : decapitation in the medieval and early modern imagination / / edited by Larissa Tracy and Jefff Massey.
The decapitation motif recurs in nearly all medieval and early modern genres, from saints' lives and epics to comedies and romances, yet decollation is often little regarded, save as a marker of humanity (that is, as the moment mortality exits) or inhumanity (that is, as the moment the supernat...
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Superior document: | Medieval and Renaissance authors and texts, v. 7 |
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Place / Publishing House: | Leiden [The Netherlands] ;, Boston : : Brill. c2012. |
Year of Publication: | 2012 |
Language: | English |
Series: | Medieval and Renaissance Authors and Texts
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Physical Description: | 1 online resource (386 p.) |
Notes: | Description based upon print version of record. |
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