"Every Living Beast Being a Word, Every Kind Being a Sentence": Animals and Religion in Reformation Europe
The ability of animals to convey meaning, either sacred or profane, features prominently in the dialectic of natural knowledge and sacred histories. Animals, particularly those that exhibited irregularities of nature, symbolised and revealed God's wrath and favour, fulfilling a polemical and pa...
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