Death and Dying in the Middle Ages
Download or Read eBook Death and Dying in the Middle Ages PDF written by Edelgard E. DuBruck and published by Peter Lang Incorporated, International Academic Publishers. This book was released on 1999 with total page 536 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
| Author | : Edelgard E. DuBruck |
| Publisher | : Peter Lang Incorporated, International Academic Publishers |
| Total Pages | : 536 |
| Release | : 1999 |
| ISBN-10 | : UVA:X004345418 |
| ISBN-13 | : |
| Rating | : 4/5 (18 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis Death and Dying in the Middle Ages by : Edelgard E. DuBruck
Book excerpt: 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. 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.
