Editing Damnatio memoriae (section)

== Middle Ages ==
[[File:Sala de Maggior Consiglio Dandolo and Falier.jpg|thumb|250x250px|The [[Doge of Venice]] [[Marino Faliero]]'s portrait (right) was removed and painted over with a black shroud as {{lang|la|damnatio memoriae}} for his attempted coup. The shroud bears the Latin phrase, {{qi|This is the space for Marino Faliero, beheaded for crimes.}}]]
In the Middle Ages, [[heresiarch]]s could have their memory condemned. The [[Council of Constance]] decreed the {{lang|la|damnatio memoriae}} of [[John Wycliffe]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Article |url=https://riviste.unimi.it/index.php/DoctorVirtualis/article/download/147/260 |access-date=31 May 2020 |publisher=riviste.unimi.it}}</ref>

The practice of replacing [[pagan]] beliefs and motifs with Christian, and purposefully not recording the pagan history, has been compared to {{lang|la|damnatio memoriae}} as well.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Strzelczyk |first=Jerzy |author-link=Jerzy Strzelczyk |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zAxKAAAAIAAJ&q=%22Damnatio+memoriae%22+Boles%C5%82aw+Zapomniany |title=Od Prasłowian do Polaków |date=1987 |publisher=Krajowa Agencja Wydawnicza |isbn=978-83-03-02015-4 |pages=60 |language=pl |trans-title=From Proto-Slavs to Poles}}</ref>

In her book ''Medici Women - Portraits of Power, Love and Betrayal'', Gabrielle Langdon also presents compelling evidence concerning a probable ''damnatio memoriae'' issued against [[Isabella de' Medici]], a prominent female figure of the 16th century Renaissance Medici court.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Langdon |first=Gabrielle |title=Medici Women – Portraits of Power, Love and Betrayal |publisher=University of Toronto Press |year=2007 |isbn=978-0-8020-9526-8 |pages=146}}</ref>