The Place of the Dead: Death and Rememberance in Late Medieval and Early Modern Europe

Although much has been published on the social history of death, this is the first book to give a comprehensive account of attitudes toward the dead--above all the placing of the dead, in physical, spiritual and social terms--in order to reveal the social and religious outlook of past societies. The contributions range widely geographically, from Scotland to Transylvania, and address a spectrum of themes: attitudes toward the corpse, patterns of burial, forms of commemoration, the treatment of dead infants, the nature of the afterlife, and ghosts.

Author: Bruce Gordon
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 01/28/2000
Pages: 340
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.05lbs
Size: 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.71d
ISBN: 9780521645188

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