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is on page 53 of 288
was pliny right abt christian cannibalism 😍 let’s discuss
“Impietas in De gratis consists of improper ritual consumption: Indigenous Brazilians confused human flesh with food, while Calvinists mistook the Communion wafer for mere bread.”
— Sep 26, 2026 02:05PM
“Impietas in De gratis consists of improper ritual consumption: Indigenous Brazilians confused human flesh with food, while Calvinists mistook the Communion wafer for mere bread.”
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sophia
is on page 171 of 288
nobody understands the tophet like i understand the tophet (delusional)
“According to this logic, human sacrifice could serve as an index of cultural backwardness, rendering pre-Columbian Mesoamerica as static and set apart from contemporary Europe. … The ‘shock of the ancient’ also extends to the astonished responses that Indigenous cultures elicited from Europeans.”
— Sep 26, 2026 08:45PM
“According to this logic, human sacrifice could serve as an index of cultural backwardness, rendering pre-Columbian Mesoamerica as static and set apart from contemporary Europe. … The ‘shock of the ancient’ also extends to the astonished responses that Indigenous cultures elicited from Europeans.”
sophia
is on page 104 of 288
sooo fascinating!!! ig it’s true that maps were still fiction!
“Appealing to ancient and early modern ways of imagining how landmasses and waters shape the world, the Spanish case appears utterly convincing in this text; consequently, any territorial losses to the Ottomans are ‘offset’ by gains made across the Spanish Indies. Control of the Mediterranean pales in comparison with control of the oceans…”
— Sep 26, 2026 03:24PM
“Appealing to ancient and early modern ways of imagining how landmasses and waters shape the world, the Spanish case appears utterly convincing in this text; consequently, any territorial losses to the Ottomans are ‘offset’ by gains made across the Spanish Indies. Control of the Mediterranean pales in comparison with control of the oceans…”