In modern history, Europe has portrayed itself as a 'civilized entity that enlightens barbaric other cultures,' but in fact, there was a culture of cannibalism in medieval Europe, as explained by ...

These reflected early medieval ecclesiastical concerns in regulating ... such as its practitioners being regarded as cannibals who ingested human sacrifices in honour of their God.

'Cannibals contemplating human remains', by Francisco de Goya. Musée des Beaux-Arts et d'Archéologie de Besançon / Wikimedia Commons ...