TY - EJOUR A1 - Sciancalepore, Antonella TI - Introduction T2 - Cahiers de recherches médiévales et humanistes / Journal of Medieval and Humanistic Studies 2018 – 2, n° 36. varia JO - Cahiers de recherches médiévales et humanistes / Journal of Medieval and Humanistic Studies (ISSN 2273-0893), 36, 2018 – 2 DO - 10.15122/isbn.978-2-406-08953-7.p.0333 SN - 2273-0893 SP - 333 EP - 337 AB - Anthropophagy was widely exploited in medieval political lexicon as a divide between barbarism and civilization. The following pages explore cannibalistic rituals that played a fundamental role in defining otherness and building the identity of a community. The focus of this examination will be the evidence related to Italian urban areas, given the high concentration of ritual cannibalism testimonies found in fourteenth to sixteenth-century chronicles of the cities of central and northern Italy. PY - 2019 DA - 2019/01/30 DP - Classiques Garnier PB - Classiques Garnier CY - Paris LA - eng UR - https://classiques-garnier.com/cahiers-de-recherches-medievales-et-humanistes-journal-of-medieval-and-humanistic-studies-2018-2-n-36-varia-introduction-2-en.html Y2 - 2024/07/06 ER -