Medieval Monstrosity

This volume examines various manifestations and understandings of the concept of monstrosity in medieval Europe c. 500-1500 AD through a collection of contextual chapters and primary sources.

Autorentext

Dr. Charity Urbanski is Teaching Professor at the University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, specializing in twelfth-century England and France. Her research interests include historiography, gender, power, and monstrosity. She is the author of Writing History for the King: Henry II and the Politics of Vernacular Historiography.

Inhalt

1. Monster Theory and The Monstrous Races 2. Non-Christians as Monsters: Jews and Muslims 3. The Monstrous Female Body, Monstrous Women, and Monstrous Births 4. Revenants 5. Werewolves 6. Dragons