Title Consuming passions : the uses of cannibalism in late medieval and early modern Europe / by Merrall Llewelyn Price

Published New York : Routledge, 2003

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Description xiii, 164 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm Series Studies in medieval history and culture ; v. 20 Studies in medieval history and culture ; v. 20 Contents Ch. 1. The Man-Eating Body -- Ch. 2. Corpus Christi: The Eucharist and Late Medieval Cultural Identity -- Ch. 3. Mass Hysteria: Heresy, Witchcraft, and Host Desecration -- Ch. 4. The Maternal Monstrous: Cannibalism at the Siege of Jerusalem -- Ch. 5. Teratographies: Writing the American Colonial Monster Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Subject Lord's Supper -- Catholic Church -- History -- Middle Ages, 600-1500 Cannibalism -- History -- To 1500. Lord's Supper -- Catholic Church -- History -- 16th century. Cannibalism -- History -- 16th century. LC no. 2003006144 ISBN 041596699X alkaline paper

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