Medieval Death: Women and Ideology in Early Eighteenth-Century English Literature
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In this richly illustrated volume, Paul Binski provides an absorbing account of the social, theological, and cultural issues involved in death and dying in Europe from the end of the Roman Empire to the early sixteenth century. He draws on textual, archaeological, and art historical sources to examine pagan and Christian attitudes toward the dead, the aesthetics of death and the body, burial ritual, and mortuary practice. Illustrated throughout with...
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:0801433150
ISBN13:9780801433153
Release Date:January 1996
Publisher:Cornell University Press
Length:224 Pages
Weight:1.95 lbs.
Dimensions:1.0" x 7.1" x 9.8"
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