Death and Dying in the Middle Ages

By Edelgard E. Dubruck

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.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0820441279
• ISBN13: 9780820441276
• Release Date: November 1999
• Publisher: Peter Lang Gmbh, Internationaler Verlag Der W
• Length: 515 Pages