[Sca-cooks] RE: Cannibalism , ritualistic or otherwise

[Johnna Holloway]

I won't wade into this subject because the literature is far too vast
to be summed up in a series of e-mails, even on this list.
There are several hundred books that are catalogued under
the subject headings of Lord's Supper or the Eucharist. The subject
includes books on Lord's Supper in Art, Lord's Supper Anglican Communion,
Lord's Supper Baptists, Lord's Supper Bread,
Lord's Supper (Canon Law)-- Oriental Catholic churches,

There are 294 books alone on Lord's Supper Catholic Church.
I suppose if one wants something to read you might start with
 Consuming passions : the uses of cannibalism in late medieval and early 
modern Europe / by Merrall Llewelyn Price.
It's another expensive Routledge volume published in 2003.
(No I don't own this one.)
Bio for the author is at
http://english.okstate.edu/faculty/fac_pages/price.htm

The Table of CONTENTS for it lists these chapters:

List of Illustrations
Acknowledgments
Chapter One: The Man-Eating Body
Chapter Two: Corpus Christi: The Eucharist and Late Medieval Cultural Identity
Chapter Three: Mass Hysteria: Heresy, Witchcraft, and Host Desecration
Chapter Four: The Maternal Monstrous: Cannibalism at the Siege of Jerusalem
Chapter Five: Teratographies: Writing the American Colonial Monster
Notes
Bibliography
Index 

Library of Congress Subject Headings for this publication: 
Lord's Supper Catholic Church History Middle Ages, 600-1500, 
Cannibalism History To 1500, 
Lord's Supper Catholic Church History 16th century, 
Cannibalism History 16th century

It seems to cover both topics.

Hope this helps--

Johnnae