Saracens, demons, & Jews : making monsters in Medieval art / Debra Higgs Strickland.
Saracens, demons, & Jews : making monsters in Medieval art / Debra Higgs Strickland.
Saracens, demons, & Jews : making monsters in Medieval art / Debra Higgs Strickland.
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Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, 2003.
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Date
2003.
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NQ700.45229/1
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English
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Physical content
336 p. ill. (some col.), facsims. ; 26 cm.
Contents
1. Making Men Known by Sight: Classical Theories, Monstrous Races, & Sin -- 2. Demons, Darkness, & Ethiopians -- 3. Christians Imagine Jews -- 4. Saracens, Tartars, & Other Crusader Fantasies -- 5. Eschatological Conspiracies -- 6. Conclusions: What is a Monster?
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Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, 2003.
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New Jersey
Date Published
2003.
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Summary
"During the crusades, Ethiopians, Jews, Muslims, and Mongols were branded enemies of the Christian majority. Illustrated with strikingly imaginative and still-disturbing images, this book reveals the outrageously pejorative ways these rejected social groups were represented - often as monsters, demons, or freaks of nature. Such monstrous images of...
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Saracens, demons, & Jews : making monsters in Medieval art / Debra Higgs Strickland.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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NQ700.45229/1
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74VvxEMvaBzd
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ISBN
0691057192 (alk. paper)
9780691057194 (alk. paper)
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700.452290902
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991016786149702626
