%0 Journal Article
%T O selvagem na "gesta Dei": hist¨®ria e alteridade no pensamento medieval
%A Woortmann
%A Klaas
%J Revista Brasileira de Hist¨®ria
%D 2005
%I Associa??o Nacional de Hist¨®ria - ANPUH
%R 10.1590/S0102-01882005000200011
%X the article examines the idea of wild man in medieval thought. resulting from a combination of ancient greek conceptions, judaic ideas and pre christian notions, integrated into the medieval theological conception of history, the notion of wild man serves as a mean for the construction of otherness. at the same time it reveals the difficulties of dealing with cultural differences in time and space.
%K wild man
%K otherness
%K medieval theology.
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