Vampires: Medieval Thru Renaissance Periods

[Painting by Wiertz] But first, on earth as vampire sent,
Thy corpse shall from its tomb be rent:
Then ghastly haunt thy native place,
And suck the blood of all thy race;
There from thy daughter, sister, wife,
At midnight drain the stream of life....
Wet with thine own best blood shall drip
Thy gnashing tooth and haggard lip;
Then stalking to thy sullen grave
Go -- and with the ghouls and afreets rave,
Till these in horror shrink away
From specter more accursed than they!
-- Lord Byron, The Giaour (1813)
Case Studies
  • The Vampire of Berwick
  • Finicella, the Vampire of Sienna
  • George Grando, the Vampire of Kring
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  • The Vampire of Liebava
  • The Vampires of Medvegia
  • Johannes Cuntius, the Vampire of Silesia
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    Medical Explanations for Vampirism
  • Adipocere & "Incorruptible Bodies"
  • Rabies

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