Michael Barbezat
Biographic Data
| ID | 1202129 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Michael Barbezat |
| GIVEN NAMES | Michael |
| FAMILY NAME | Barbezat |
| SIGNATURE | BARBEZAT M |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 3 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 3 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2022 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Beard as Veil
This article seeks to explore a relatively neglected way that medieval Latin churchmen understood and explained their grooming practices by associating hairiness with a superseded past. Using the only medieval treatise about beards, Burchard of Bellevaux’s Apologia de barbis , it examines how Latin clerics connected shaving their faces to their exegetical methods. Beardlessness represented the ability to see through the outer appearances of the O…
Demons Only Virgins Can See
This article examines the use of child-mediums in divination and magic as a specific medieval understanding of child abuse. Medieval authors believed that children were used in this way by learned men, particularly churchmen. They believed the practice was abusive, causing physiological and psychological harm. Many also thought, for different reasons, that it could produce revelations. This topic provided medieval authors with an opportunity to t…
An Herb for Speaking to The Dead
Magical practices have been described as a point of convergence for different pathways in medieval culture. This article examines one such convergence in the ritual use of hyssop in medieval Latin theology, liturgy, and a group of magical texts linked to the understudied Book of Raziel. In these magical texts, hyssop supposedly helped the living speak to the dead through its use as a tool for sprinkling liquid over a grave. The magical use of hys…
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An Herb for Speaking to The Dead
Magical practices have been described as a point of convergence for different pathways in medieval culture. This article examines one such convergence in the ritual use of hyssop in medieval Latin theology, liturgy, and a group of magical texts linked to the understudied Book of Raziel. In these magical texts, hyssop supposedly helped the living speak to the dead through its use as a tool for sprinkling liquid over a grave. The magical use of hys…
Demons Only Virgins Can See
This article examines the use of child-mediums in divination and magic as a specific medieval understanding of child abuse. Medieval authors believed that children were used in this way by learned men, particularly churchmen. They believed the practice was abusive, causing physiological and psychological harm. Many also thought, for different reasons, that it could produce revelations. This topic provided medieval authors with an opportunity to t…
Beard as Veil
This article seeks to explore a relatively neglected way that medieval Latin churchmen understood and explained their grooming practices by associating hairiness with a superseded past. Using the only medieval treatise about beards, Burchard of Bellevaux’s Apologia de barbis , it examines how Latin clerics connected shaving their faces to their exegetical methods. Beardlessness represented the ability to see through the outer appearances of the O…
Medieval Literature and History (3 works) · Art (2 works) · Historical and Religious Studies of Rome (2 works) · Historical, Religious, and Philosophical Studies (2 works) · History (2 works) · Literature (2 works) · Middle Ages (2 works) · Ancient history (1 work) · Archaeology (1 work) · Child abuse (1 work)