Umfang:
XI, 515 S.
,
Ill.
ISBN:
0820441279
Serie:
Studies in the humanities 45
Inhalt:
"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
Inhalt:
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
Anmerkung:
Literaturverz. S. [477] - 505
Sprache:
Englisch
Fachgebiete:
Geschichte
,
Ethnologie
Schlagwort(e):
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
Mehr zum Autor:
DuBruck, Edelgard E. 1925-
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