Boariu, Dominic-Alain (Author)
Micrologus: Natura, Scienze e Società Medievali
Volume: 20
Pages: 485--510
Publication date: 2012
Language: French
Edition Details: Article in a special issue, “Estremità e escrescenze dei corpi / Extremities and Excrescences of the Body”
Focusing on the late 18th century and the entire 19th century, this essay proposes an insight into the collective mentality regarding decapitation. The essay's introduction is based on two case studies: an engraving by Peter Bruegel and an English witchcraft treatise, both conveying `suspicious' beheadings. Its theoretical approach relies on two famous books which have served as our `companions': Homo ludens by Johan Huizinga and Les jeux et les hommes by Roger Caillois. The decapitation is conceived not only as a clearly punitive and anatomically fatal act, but especially as a visually subtle `happening', strongly touching the sphere of magic, game and deceit.
...MoreArticle Pastoureau, Michel (2012) Les cornes, les poils, les oreilles et la queue. Se déguiser en animal dans l'Occident médiéval. Micrologus: Natura, Scienze e Società Medievali (p. 3).
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