Bad Blood: Impurity and Danger in the Early Modern Spanish Mentality

The current work is an intellectual history of how blood permeated early modern Spaniards' conceptions of morality and purity. This paper examines Spanish intellectuals' references to blood in their medical, theological, demonological, and historical works. Through these excerpts, this the...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Pyle, Rhonda
Other Authors: Golden, Richard M.
Format: Others
Language:English
Published: University of North Texas 2010
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Online Access:https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc30504/