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Vampires, burial, and death : folklore and reality
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ISBN: 0300041268 0300048599 Year: 1988 Publisher: New Haven London Yale University Press

La mort, les morts dans les sociétés anciennes


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The Corpse in the Middle Ages : embalming, cremating, and the cultural construction of the dead body
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ISBN: 9781909400870 1909400874 Year: 2021 Publisher: London Turnhout Harvey Miller Publishers

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To what extent are the dead truly dead? In medieval society, corpses were assigned special functions and meanings in several different ways. They were still present in the daily life of the family of the deceased, and could even play active roles in the life of the community. Taking the materiality of death as a point of departure, this book comprehensively examines the conservation, burial and destruction of the corpse in its specific historical context. A complex and ambivalent treatment of the dead body emerges, one which necessarily confronts established modern perspectives on death. New scientific methods have enabled archaeologists to understand the remains of the dead as valuable source material. This book contextualizes the resulting insights for the first time in an interdisciplinary framework, considering their place in the broader picture drawn by the written sources of this period, ranging from canon law and hagiography to medieval literature and historiography. It soon becomes obvious that the dead body is more than a physical object, since its existence only becomes relevant in the cultural setting it is perceived in. In analogy to the findings for the living body in gender studies, the corpse too, can best be understood as constructed. Ultimately, the dead body is shaped by society, i.e. the living. This book examines the mechanisms by which this cultural construction of the body took place in medieval Europe. The result is a fascinating story that leads deep into medieval theories and social practices, into the discourses of the time and the daily life experiences during this epoch.

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Cremation --- Dead --- Embalming --- Funeral rites and ceremonies, Medieval. --- Social aspects --- History --- Funeral rites and ceremonies, Medieval --- Medieval funeral rites and ceremonies --- Burning the dead --- Incineration --- Funeral rites and ceremonies --- Undertakers and undertaking --- Mummies --- Cadavers --- Corpses --- Deceased --- Human remains --- Remains, Human --- Death --- Burial --- Corpse removals --- Cryomation --- Death notices --- Obituaries --- Dead bodies (Law) --- Civilization, Medieval --- Medieval civilization --- Middle Ages --- Civilization --- Chivalry --- Renaissance --- Dying --- End of life --- Life --- Terminal care --- Terminally ill --- Thanatology --- Law --- Burial customs --- Burying-grounds --- Graves --- Interment --- Archaeology --- Public health --- Coffins --- Grave digging --- Funerals --- Mortuary ceremonies --- Obsequies --- Manners and customs --- Rites and ceremonies --- Mourning customs --- Religious aspects&delete& --- Catholic Church --- Philosophy --- Law and legislation --- Religious aspects --- Corps --- Cadavre --- Embaumement --- Moyen âge -- 476-1492 --- 940.1 --- 393 --- 393 Dood. Dodengebruiken. Dodenritueel. Lijkverbranding. Begrafenis. Crematie. Rouw. Opbaren. Lijkstoet. Sterven. Dodenmaskers --- Dood. Dodengebruiken. Dodenritueel. Lijkverbranding. Begrafenis. Crematie. Rouw. Opbaren. Lijkstoet. Sterven. Dodenmaskers --- 393 Death. Treatment of corpses. Funerals. Death rites --- Death. Treatment of corpses. Funerals. Death rites --- 940.1 Geschiedenis van Europa: Middeleeuwen:--(ca.375-1492) --- Geschiedenis van Europa: Middeleeuwen:--(ca.375-1492) --- Christian pastoral theology --- History of civilization --- anno 500-1499

La mémoire des ancêtres, le soucis des morts : morts, rites et société au Moyen-âge : diocèse de Liège, XIe-XIIIe siècles
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ISBN: 2701013488 2701017173 9782701013480 Year: 1997 Volume: 103 Publisher: Paris Beauchesne

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Christian dogmatics --- History of civilization --- anno 1100-1199 --- anno 1200-1299 --- anno 1000-1099 --- Liege (Prov.) --- Funeral rites and ceremonies, Medieval --- Funérailles --- Rites et cérémonies médiévaux --- Dead --- Death --- Prayers for the dead --- Mourning customs --- Religious aspects --- Christianity --- History of doctrines --- History. --- 393 "04/14" --- -Death --- -Mourning customs --- -Prayers for the dead --- -Manners and customs --- Rites and ceremonies --- Funeral rites and ceremonies --- Dead, Prayers for the --- Poor souls in purgatory, Prayers for the --- Praying for the dead --- Dying --- End of life --- Life --- Terminal care --- Terminally ill --- Thanatology --- Cadavers --- Corpses --- Deceased --- Human remains --- Remains, Human --- Burial --- Corpse removals --- Cremation --- Death notices --- Embalming --- Obituaries --- Dood. Dodengebruiken. Dodenritueel. Lijkverbranding. Begrafenis. Crematie. Rouw. Opbaren. Lijkstoet. Sterven. Dodenmaskers--Middeleeuwen --- -Christianity --- -History of doctrines --- -Religious aspects --- -History --- History --- Philosophy --- Catholic Church. Diocese of Liege (Belgium) --- Liege Region (Belgium) --- -Religious life and customs --- 393 "04/14" Dood. Dodengebruiken. Dodenritueel. Lijkverbranding. Begrafenis. Crematie. Rouw. Opbaren. Lijkstoet. Sterven. Dodenmaskers--Middeleeuwen --- -Dood. Dodengebruiken. Dodenritueel. Lijkverbranding. Begrafenis. Crematie. Rouw. Opbaren. Lijkstoet. Sterven. Dodenmaskers--Middeleeuwen --- -Dead, Prayers for the --- Funérailles --- Rites et cérémonies médiévaux --- Manners and customs --- Catholic Church. --- Liège Region (Belgium) --- Religious life and customs. --- Bistum Lüttich --- Diocèse de Liège --- Diocesis Leodiensis --- Église catholique --- Morts --- Prières pour les défunts --- Cryomation --- Dead - Religious aspects - Christianity - History of doctrines - Middle Ages, 600-1500. --- Death - Religious aspects - Christianity - History of doctrines - Middle Ages, 600-1500. --- Prayers for the dead - History. --- Mourning customs - History. --- Mourning customs - Belgium - Liege Region - History. --- Eglise catholique --- Culte des morts --- Prieres pour les defunts --- Dioceses --- Histoire --- 600-1500 (moyen âge) --- Moyen age --- Meuse, bassin de la --- Coutumes et pratiques

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