During the crusades, Ethiopians, Jews, Muslims, and Mongols were branded enemies of Christian majority. This book reveals the pejorative ways these rejected social groups were represented—often as monsters, demons, or freaks of nature. It traces the origins of negative pictorial code used to portray monsters, demons, and non-Christian peoples.

"Strickland had made an excellent contribution not only to the history of persecution in the middle ages, but to the history of medieval art and cosmology as well."—Eric Johnson, UCLA

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PublisherPrinceton University Press

Print publication date January 2003 (out of print)

Print ISBN 9780691057194

EISBN 9780300252927

Illustrations 133

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