#14 - Adam’s Tape Worm

We explore the fantastic worms and caterpillars of  the Middle Ages and Renaissance.

 Sources 

  

Daniel Le Clerc, A Natural and Medicinal History of Worms (London, 1721).

Peter Mason, “The Excommunication of Caterpillars: Ethno-Anthropological Remarks on the Trial and Punishment of Animals,” Social Science Information 27, no. 2 (June 1, 1988): 265–73, https://doi.org/10.1177/053901888027002004; 

“Medieval Monks Were ‘Riddled with Worms’, Study Finds,” August 19, 2022, https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/medieval-monks-were-riddled-with-worms-study-finds.

Jenny Rebecca Rytting, “A Disputacioun Betwyx Þe Body and Wormes: A Translation,” Comitatus: A Journal of Medieval and Renaissance Studies 31, no. 1 (October 1, 2000), https://escholarship.org/uc/item/0c04p0xq.

“Soul & Body  from the Vercelli Book| Old English Poetry Project | Rutgers University,” accessed April 4, 2023, https://oldenglishpoetry.camden.rutgers.edu/soul-body/.