Beasts, Humans, and Transhumans in the Middle Ages and the Renaissance - Couverture rigide

Clay, Eugene

 
9782503590639: Beasts, Humans, and Transhumans in the Middle Ages and the Renaissance

Synopsis

From shape-shifting Merlin to the homunculi of Paracelsus, the nine fascinating essays of this collection explore the contested boundaries between human and non-human animals, between the body and the spirit, and between the demonic and the divine.

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À propos de l'auteur

J. Eugene Clay is an associate professor of religious studies at Arizona State University, where he writes and lectures about religious movements in Eurasia and the encounters of the world religions. His work has appeared in Church History, Russian History/Histoire russe, and the Cahiers du monde russe. He has received grants and awards from the Social Science Research Council, the National Endowment for the Humanities, and the International Research and Exchanges Board.

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