Santing, Catrien; Baert, Barbara; Traninger, Anita

Disembodied Heads in Medieval and Early Modern Culture

Discussing medieval and early modern 'disembodied heads' this collection questions the why and how of the primacy of the head in the bodily hierarchy during the premodern period. On the basis of beliefs, mythologies and traditions concerning the head, they come to an cultural anatomy of the head.