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Les cornes, les poils, les oreilles et la queue. Se déguiser en animal dans l'Occident médiéval (2012)

Micrologus: Natura, Scienze e Società Medievali
Volume: 20
Pages: 3--24
Publication date: 2012
Language: French

Publication Date: 2012
Edition Details: First article in a special issue, “Estremità e escrescenze dei corpi / Extremities and Excrescences of the Body”

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Christianity Animals, mythical Human-animal relationships Science and religion Magic Occult sciences Ancient Medieval Early modern Europe

The hostility of the Christian Church towards disguise is of long duration. From the Fathers of the Church to the great Protestant Reformers the speech is univocal: disguise is at the same time a deception, a disorder and an offence to God. Certain disguises, however, are much more condemnable than others; they consist in disguising oneself a an animal. The extremities of the body `make' the animality. That is why, at war or in a tournament, the knights of the feudal era break the interdictions of the Church, disguise themselves as wild animals or adorn their helmets with horns and protuberances, which help them acquire the strength of the animal before going to the battle.

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Article Bohler, Danielle (2012) Morphologies humaines au chaos: poils, cornes et appendices dans la litterature narrative et normative du Moyen Âge. Micrologus: Natura, Scienze e Società Medievali (p. 43). unapi

Article Dittmar, Pierre-Olivier (2012) Les corps sans fins. Extensions animales et végétales les marges de la représentation (XIII e-XIVe siècle). Micrologus: Natura, Scienze e Società Medievali (p. 25). unapi

Article Bologna, Corrado (2012) Bernoccoli e altre protuberanze spirituali. Micrologus: Natura, Scienze e Società Medievali (p. 63). unapi

Article Sant, Francesco (2012) Mantelli, penne e astuti piumati. Coprire le protuberanze ed esibirle nella storia del potere (sec. XII-XVI). Micrologus: Natura, Scienze e Società Medievali (p. 87). unapi

Article Sivo, Francesca (2012) Corpus infame. Micrologus: Natura, Scienze e Società Medievali (p. 109). unapi

Article Carreto, Carlos F. Clamote (2012) Anatomie de la différence. Le corps déréglé et les outrances de l'écriture épique (XIIe-XIIIe siècles). Micrologus: Natura, Scienze e Società Medievali (p. 191). unapi

Article Alexandre-Bidon, Danièle (2012) Enflures et boursouflures. L'obésité au Moyen Âge. Micrologus: Natura, Scienze e Società Medievali (p. 223). unapi

Article Savy, Pierre (2012) Les attributs chimériques de peuples réels. Queue des Anglais et queue des Juifs au Moyen Âge et à l'époque moderne. Micrologus: Natura, Scienze e Società Medievali (p. 239). unapi

Article Sabbatini, Ilaria (2012) Finis corporis initium animae. La qualità morale del nemico nella rappresentazione del corpo tra epica crociata e odeporica di pellegrinaggio. Micrologus: Natura, Scienze e Società Medievali (p. 257). unapi

Article Silanos, Pietro (2012) The Depositio of Beanus. Horns, Teeth and Other Bulges in an Initiation Ceremony in German Area (XV century). Micrologus: Natura, Scienze e Società Medievali (p. 293). unapi

Article Canetti, Luigi (2012) Facendosi fare di cera. Un'euristica dell'eccedenza e della somiglianza tra Medioevo ed Età moderna. Micrologus: Natura, Scienze e Società Medievali (p. 323). unapi

Article Fricke, Beate (2012) Tracce di Sangue e “finis corporis”. Sulla genesi della vita nel Quattrocento. Riflessioni sull'Uomo di dolori di Albrecht Dürer. Micrologus: Natura, Scienze e Società Medievali (p. 357). unapi

Article Niccoli, Ottavia (2012) Capi e corpi mostruosi. Una immagine della crisi del potere agli inizi dell'età moderna. Micrologus: Natura, Scienze e Società Medievali (p. 381). unapi

Article Schwarz, Brigitte (2012) Hæc non sunt bona presagia. I mostri nei fogli volanti della Wickiana. Micrologus: Natura, Scienze e Società Medievali (p. 401). unapi

Article Wirth, Jean (2012) L'iconographie médiévale du pied. Micrologus: Natura, Scienze e Società Medievali (p. 411). unapi

Article Golsenne, Thomas (2012) Les miracles de la peau. Figures de l'Incarnation dans les arts visuels (XIVe-XVIe siècles). Micrologus: Natura, Scienze e Società Medievali (p. 433). unapi

Article Stoichita, Victor I. (2012) “La seconde peau”. Quelques considérations sur le symbolisme des armures au XVIe siècle. Micrologus: Natura, Scienze e Società Medievali (p. 451). unapi

Article Bodart, Diane H. (2012) Il mento “posticcio” dell'Imperatore Carlo V. Micrologus: Natura, Scienze e Società Medievali (p. 465). unapi

Article Boariu, Dominic-Alain (2012) De quelques décapités recalcitrants. Micrologus: Natura, Scienze e Società Medievali (p. 485). unapi

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