The Beauty of Ugliness and the Ugliness of Beauty: Materializing Monstrosity in the Middle Ages
Edited by Anna Migdal and Marcell Sebők
Trivent Publishing
ISBN: 978-615-81689-0-8
A collection of five essays exploring the significance of physical appearance in the Middle Ages. Delving into law and literature, this work sheds light on how medieval people perceived and interpreted physical traits, revealing deeper insights into their society and culture.
Excerpt:
We are seeking to “Re-defining the Monster” in Middle Ages, from a different light, by revisiting issues that have received little attention. Questioning the image of “monster” then introduced leads to the construction of the basis for specific ontological criteria – to designate ‘the thing as possible’ – and aesthetic criteria for forms held to be monstrous.
The five essays in this book are:
(Un)Acceptable Disability? Defectus Corporis, Scandalum, and Pontifical Grace, by Ninon Dubourg
A Distorted Image of the Woman. Some Remarks on the Visual Semiotics of the Monster in Medieval Imagery, by Anna M. Migdal
The Monster Within: Death, Disease and Demons in the Holkham Bible Picture Book, by Lacy Gillette
Trading in Beauty and Ugliness on the Medieval Marriage Market, by Federica Boldrini
Nature vs. Nurture in the Monstrosity of English Books that Mark the End of an Era: Frankenstein and Beowulf, by Cassandra Ruiz
Who is this book for?
The five essays in this collection cater to diverse interests. One examines how the Catholic Church addressed priests with disabilities, another analyses the depiction of monstrous images in the Holkham Picture Bible, while a third explores how Italian city-states facilitated marriages for women considered less-than-beautiful.
The Editors
Anna M. Migdal is a researcher and lecturer at CNU Paris. Marcell Sebők is Associate Professor at Central European University.
The Beauty of Ugliness and the Ugliness of Beauty: Materializing Monstrosity in the Middle Ages
Edited by Anna Migdal and Marcell Sebők
Trivent Publishing
ISBN: 978-615-81689-0-8
A collection of five essays exploring the significance of physical appearance in the Middle Ages. Delving into law and literature, this work sheds light on how medieval people perceived and interpreted physical traits, revealing deeper insights into their society and culture.
Excerpt:
We are seeking to “Re-defining the Monster” in Middle Ages, from a different light, by revisiting issues that have received little attention. Questioning the image of “monster” then introduced leads to the construction of the basis for specific ontological criteria – to designate ‘the thing as possible’ – and aesthetic criteria for forms held to be monstrous.
The five essays in this book are:
Who is this book for?
The five essays in this collection cater to diverse interests. One examines how the Catholic Church addressed priests with disabilities, another analyses the depiction of monstrous images in the Holkham Picture Bible, while a third explores how Italian city-states facilitated marriages for women considered less-than-beautiful.
The Editors
Anna M. Migdal is a researcher and lecturer at CNU Paris. Marcell Sebők is Associate Professor at Central European University.
You can learn more about this book from the publisher’s website.
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