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Of Cannibals (Des Cannibales), written circa 1580, is an essay, one of those in the collection Essays, by Michel de Montaigne, describing the ceremonies of the Tupinambá people in Brazil. In particular, he reported about how the group ceremoniously ate the bodies of their dead enemies as a matter of honor. In his work, he uses cultural relativism and compares the cannibalism to the "barbarianism" of 16th-century Europe.^[1]

An English translation, Of the Caniballes, appeared in John Florio's 1603 translation of the Essais. This has often been viewed (first by Edward Capell in 1781) as an influence on Shakespeare's The Tempest, in particular Act II, Scene 1.^[2]

References

^ "Montaigne and Cultural Relativism". www.victorianweb.org. Retrieved 2015-12-23. ^{[dead link‍]}
^ Harmon, Alice (1942). "How Great Was Shakespeare's Debt to Montaigne?". PMLA. 57 (4): 988–1008. JSTOR 458873.

External links

Of the Caniballes; 1603 translation by John Florio
Of Cannibals; 1685 translation by Charles Cotton
Michel de Montaigne On the Cannibals; 2017 translation by Ian Johnston

[1] "Montaigne and Cultural Relativism". www.victorianweb.org. Retrieved 2015-12-23. ^{[dead link‍]}

[2] Harmon, Alice (1942). "How Great Was Shakespeare's Debt to Montaigne?". PMLA. 57 (4): 988–1008. JSTOR 458873.

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+'''''Of Cannibals''''' (''Des Cannibales''), written circa 1580, is an essay, one of those in the collection ''[[Essays (Montaigne)|Essays]]'', by [[Michel de Montaigne]], describing the ceremonies of the [[Tupinambá people]] in Brazil. In particular, he reported about how the group ceremoniously ate the bodies of their dead enemies as a matter of honor. In his work, he uses [[cultural relativism]] and compares the cannibalism to the "barbarianism" of 16th-century Europe.<ref>{{Cite web|title = Montaigne and Cultural Relativism|url = http://www.victorianweb.org/courses/nonfiction/montaigne/bleicher2.html|website = www.victorianweb.org|accessdate = 2015-12-23}} {{dead link|date=October 2022}}</ref>
 An English translation, ''Of the Caniballes'', appeared in [[John Florio]]'s 1603 translation of the ''Essais''. This has often been viewed (first by [[Edward Capell]] in 1781) as an influence on [[William Shakespeare|Shakespeare]]'s ''[[The Tempest]]'', in particular Act II, Scene 1.<ref>{{cite journal |title=How Great Was Shakespeare's Debt to Montaigne? |first=Alice |last=Harmon |journal=[[Publications of the Modern Language Association of America|PMLA]] |volume=57 |issue=4 |year=1942 |pages=988–1008 |jstor=458873}}</ref>
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