Honors Theses
Advisor
Bobbi Sutherland
Department
History
Publication Date
4-1-2022
Document Type
Honors Thesis
Abstract
In the Western world, tattooing began as a mechanism for marking slaves and prisoners in Ancient Greece and Rome. As a result of changes in religion and philosophy, the period between 1100 and 1600 CE set the stage for the tattoo to transform from something that was forcibly done to represent a communal identity into an individual expression of self. This project traces the use and meaning of tattooing from the ancient world into the 1600’s.
Permission Statement
This item is protected by copyright law (Title 17, U.S. Code) and may only be used for noncommercial, educational, and scholarly purposes.
Keywords
Undergraduate research
Disciplines
History
eCommons Citation
Fusillo, Isabella, "Tracing Stigma: The Evolution of the Tattoo in the Middle Ages" (2022). Honors Theses. 352.
https://ecommons.udayton.edu/uhp_theses/352
