Witches, Werewolves and Vampires from Medieval Theology to Horror Cinema
by
Brenda S. Gardenour Walter
Language: English
Release Date: July 11, 2015
The witch, the vampire and the werewolf endure in modern horror. These “old monsters” have their origins in Aristotle as studied in the universities of medieval Europe, where Christian scholars reconciled works of natural philosophy and medicine with theological precepts. They codified divine...