Marina Montesano examines Greek and Latin literature, revealing how particular features of ancient striges were carried into the Late... Læs mere
This volume offers eighteen studies linked together by a common focus on the circulation and reception of motifs and beliefs in the field of folklore, magic, and witchcraft.
By encompassing the hagiographies of the first centuries, the most famous case of Joan of Arc, numerous chivalrous novels, and the overlooked accounts of the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries, this is the first study to consider cross-dressing for the entire medieval age.
Marina Montesano examines Greek and Latin literature, revealing how particular features of ancient striges were carried into the Late... Læs mere