Living on the Edge - Transgression, Exclusion, and Persecution in the Middle Ages (Hardcover)

This volume addresses the widespread medieval phenomenon of transgression as both a result of and the cause for the exclusion and persecution of those who were considered different. It is widely accepted that the essence of a manuscript cannot be fully grasped without studying its marginalia. Glosses sit on the margins of the text and clarify it, adding a whole new dimension to it and becoming an inextricable part of its content. Similarly, no society can be fully understood without knowledge of what lies on its margins, for the outliers of any given culture provide us with just as much information as its alleged foundational principles. In a time when the Western world ponders building walls up against perceived threats and frightening differences, this multidisciplinary collection of essays based on original and innovative pieces of research shows that it was mostly through tearing down walls that we learned our way forward.

General

Imprint:	De Gruyter
Country of origin:	United States
Series:	Studies in Medieval and Early Modern Culture
Release date:	September 2022
First published:	2022
Editors:	Delfi I. Nieto-Isabel • Laura Miquel Milian
Dimensions:	230 x 155mm (L x W)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	288
ISBN-13:	978-1-5015-2111-9
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Literature: history & criticism > Literary studies > Classical, early & medieval Books > Humanities > History > World history > 500 to 1500 Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social issues > General Books > History > World history > 500 to 1500
LSN:	1-5015-2111-X
Barcode:	9781501521119

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