| Description |
1 online resource (xi, 449 pages) : illustrations, maps |
| Series |
Explorations in medieval culture, 2352-0299 ; volume 5 |
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Explorations in medieval culture ; v. 5.
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| Contents |
The talking dead: exhortations of the dead to the living in Anglo-Saxon writing / Hilary Fox -- Sudden death in early medieval England and the Anglo-Saxon Fortunes of Men / Jill Hamilton Clements -- Monumental memory: the performance and enduring spectacle of burial in early Anglo-Saxon England / Melissa Herman -- Dealing with the undead in the later middle ages / Stephen Gordon -- "Look at my hands:" physical presence and the saintly intercessor at Wilton / Kathryn Maude -- The corpse of public opinion: Thomas of Norwich, anti-semitism, and Christian identity / Mary E. Leech -- Outlaws and the undead: defining sacred and communal space in medieval Iceland / Justin T. Noetzel -- A funeral procession from Venice to Milan: death rituals for a late-medieval wealthy merchant / Martina Saltamacchia -- Live by the sea, die by the sea: confronting death and the dead in medieval Liguria, 1140-1240 CE / Nikki Malain -- The medieval cemetary as Ecclesiastical community: regulation, conflict, and expulsion, 1000-1215 / Anthony Perron -- The corpse as testimony: judment, verdict, and the Elizabethan stage / Thea Tomaini -- Reappropriated antiquity in the funerary art of the kingdom of León and Castile in the high middle ages / Sonsoles García González -- Exploring late-medieval English Memento Mori carved cadaver sculptures / Christina Welch -- Holbein's Mementi Mori / Libby Karlinger Escobedo -- Afterword: a few thoughs on the dead, the living, and liminal existence / Wendy J. Turner |
| Summary |
"Death was a constant, visible presence in medieval and renaissance Europe. Yet, the acknowledgement of death did not necessarily amount to an acceptance of its finality. Whether they were commoners, clergy, aristocrats, or kings, the dead continued to function literally as integrated members of their communities long after they were laid to rest in their graves. From stories of revenants bringing pleas from Purgatory to the living, to the practical uses and regulation of burial space; from the tradition of the ars moriendi, to the depiction of death on the stage; and from the making of martyrs, to funerals for the rich and poor, this volume examines how communities dealt with their dead as continual, albeit non-living members."--Page 4 of cover |
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From revenant legends to the regulation of burial space; from martyrologies to accounts of murder; and from the danse macabre to funerals both lavish and simple, this volume examines how communities dealt with their dead as continual, albeit non-living members |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 397-437) and index |
| Notes |
Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on May 15, 2020) |
| Subject |
Death -- Europe -- History
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Funeral rites and ceremonies -- Europe -- History
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Dead -- History
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- Cultural Policy.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Anthropology -- Cultural.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Popular Culture.
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Dead
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Death
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Funeral rites and ceremonies
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| SUBJECT |
Europe -- History -- 476-1492. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85045690
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Europe -- History -- 1492-1517. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85045692
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| Subject |
Europe
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Tomaini, Thea, editor.
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| LC no. |
2017053959 |
| ISBN |
9789004358331 |
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9004358331 |
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