ROZEHNALOVÁ, Jana. Lidská monstra ve středověkých pramenech. Proměny evropského vztahu k "jinému" (Human monsters in Medieval Sources: Changes of European Attitude towards "the Others"). In Náboženství a tělo. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 2006, p. 95-108. ISBN 80-210-4115-3.
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Original name Lidská monstra ve středověkých pramenech. Proměny evropského vztahu k "jinému"
Name (in English) Human monsters in Medieval Sources: Changes of European Attitude towards "the Others"
Authors ROZEHNALOVÁ, Jana (203 Czech Republic, guarantor).
Edition Brno, Náboženství a tělo, p. 95-108, 14 pp. 2006.
Publisher Masarykova univerzita
Other information
Original language Czech
Type of outcome Proceedings paper
Field of Study 60300 6.3 Philosophy, Ethics and Religion
Country of publisher Czech Republic
Confidentiality degree is not subject to a state or trade secret
RIV identification code RIV/00216224:14210/06:00017394
Organization unit Faculty of Arts
ISBN 80-210-4115-3
Keywords in English Human Monsters; Travel Accounts; East; Missionaries; "the Other"
Tags "the Other", east, Human Monsters, Missionaries, Travel Accounts
Changed by Changed by: Mgr. Jana Valtrová, Ph.D., učo 22632. Changed: 15/6/2007 10:51.
Abstract
Studie je věnována motivu lidských monster v kontextu zpráv středověkých cestovatelů do Asie. Hlavním záměrem je ukázat, jakým způsobem autoři jako byl Marco Polo, Vilém Rubruk, Odorik z Pordenone, Jan Marignola a další zpracovávali evropskou tradici, která kladla na Východ řadu různých podivných bytostí. Příklad monster ukazuje na poměrně otevřený vztah středověkých cestovatelů k "jiným".
Abstract (in English)
The article deals with a problem of human monsters as representations of „the Other“, and examines medieval attitude towards them. During the Middle Ages various human monsters such as skiapods, headless or dog-heads became popular topics of literal tradition. It has been argued in scientific literature that their monstrous appearance and localization to the margins shows medieval rejection of any kind of “Other”. However, according to medieval authorities (Augustinus, Isidore), even human monsters were part of God’s creation and as such deserved salvation. Medieval concept of the world as an allegory of God’s plan did not allow condemn them as different, ugly evil. I suggest, that the attitude towards “the Other”, including monsters, should be viewed in a close relation to a change of the interpretation of the world. If the concept of the world as an expression of God’s will was abandoned, all its various parts lost their unearthly meaning and became a part of human possession.
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