There is no hero without a dragon: a revisionist interpretation of the myth of St George and the dragon
In popular Western depictions and descriptions the dragon assumed monstrous proportions and is most often described as an enormous, winged serpent-like beast, half reptile, half mammal, with a scaly body and a powerful tail, four-legged like a crocodile, with protruding teeth and eyes, sharp claws and the capacity to exhale fire or noxious gases.
Painting the Bodiless: Angels and Eunuchs in Byzantine Art and Culture
Painting the Bodiless: Angels and Eunuchs in Byzantine Art and Culture By Amelia R. Brown Paper given at Sexualities: Bodies, Desires, Practices, 4th Global…
Political Spaces: Medieval Marginalia and Chaucer’s Nun’s Priest’s Tale
Political Spaces: Medieval Marginalia and Chaucer’s Nun’s Priest’s Tale By Danielle Magnusson Paper given at Visual Literacies, 2nd Global Conference (2008) Abstract: Scholars acknowledge that…
The Politics of Death: Monarchy and Mortality in Late Medieval England, 1399-1413
The Politics of Death: Monarchy and Mortality in Late Medieval England, 1399-1413 By Ciara – Marie Shevlin Mortality, Dying and Death, edited by T Chandler…
The Human in the Monster: Images of Divs (Demons) in 14th to 16th Century Shahnamas
The Human in the Monster: Images of Divs (Demons) in 14th to 16th Century Shahnamas By Francesca Leoni The Monstrous Identity of Humanity: Monsters and the…
