by Nicola Masciandaro, Mark Faulkner, Jay Paul Gates, Christine Cooper-Rompato, Dwayne Coleman, Mary E. Leech, Tina Boyer, Renée Ward, Andrew Fleck, Thomas Herron, Thea Cervone, Asa Simon Mittman, Larissa Tracy, Jeff Massey
The decapitation motif recurs in nearly all medieval and early modern genres, from saints' lives and epics to comedies and romances, yet decollation is often little regarded, save as a marker of hu…