Medieval Death: Ritual and RepresentationThis is a study of the social, theological and cultural issues involved in death and dying in Europe from the end of the Roman Empire to the Reformation in the early 16th century. Drawing on both archaeological and art historical sources, the book examines pagan and Christian attitudes towards the dead, the aesthetics of death and the body, burial ritual and mortuary practice. |
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Illustration Credits page 6 | 7 |
Ways of Dying and Rituals of Death | 29 |
Death and Representation | 70 |
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