Format:
XI, 515 S.
,
Ill.
ISBN:
0820441279
Series Statement:
Studies in the humanities 45
Content:
"Death and Dying in the Middle Ages examines medical facts and communal arrangements, as well as religious and popular beliefs and rituals concerning the end of life in Western societies. It studies literary and artistic imaging and the underlying philosophical and theological convictions that shaped medieval attitudes toward death
Content:
A collection of eighteen articles by contributors in the Western hemisphere, this new compendium on death and its implications will interest the specialist, the student and teacher of cultural history, religion, folklore, psychology, literature, and art, and also the general public."--BOOK JACKET
Note:
Literaturverz. S. [477] - 505
Language:
English
Subjects:
History
,
Ethnology
Keywords:
Tod
;
Geschichte 500-1500
;
Sterben
;
Geschichte 500-1500
;
Thanatologie
;
Geschichte 500-1500
;
Tod
;
Geschichte 600-1500
;
Kunst
;
Religion
;
Geschichte 600-1500
;
York plays
;
Geschichte 600-1500
;
Aufsatzsammlung
;
Aufsatzsammlung
Author information:
DuBruck, Edelgard E. 1925-
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