Everything but the Squeal: The Politics of Porcinity in the <i>Livre des Propriétés des Choses</i>
Mediaeval encyclopaedias described nonhuman animals in terms of their corporeality and cosmic significance by combining zoological and theological knowledge. Such descriptions were therefore prescriptions of normative parameters for how animals were supposed to function within Christian society, rat...
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MDPI AG
2021-04-01
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| Online Access: | https://www.mdpi.com/2077-1444/12/4/260 |