Accabadora : mito e realtà : storia e reperti di un ritrovamento /
La Accabadora is a middle-aged woman dressed in black with a long shawl covering her head. Her job, as appointed by the community, was to apply euthanasia to the old and infirm using a cudgel (a short thick stick used as a weapon)... What is certain, without the slightest doubt, is that for over twe...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | Italian |
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Monastir (SU) :
Isolapalma,
luglio 2021.
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| Edition: | Prima edizione. |
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| Summary: | La Accabadora is a middle-aged woman dressed in black with a long shawl covering her head. Her job, as appointed by the community, was to apply euthanasia to the old and infirm using a cudgel (a short thick stick used as a weapon)... What is certain, without the slightest doubt, is that for over twenty-five centuries there has been a fable about the existence of particular figures who facilitated death not out of malice or to take advantage of it, but only out of merciful pity in order to shorten peri-mortal suffering. --Libreria Universitaria. |
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| Item Description: | Collected essays. Bound. |
| Physical Description: | 125 pages : color illustrations ; 25 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 107-117). |
| ISBN: | 9788894521962 8894521966 |