Death in the Middle Ages and Early Modern Times: The Material and Spiritual Conditions of the Culture of Death [Illustrated] 3110442302, 9783110442304, 9783110436976, 9783110434873

Death in the Middle Ages and Early Modern Times: The Material and Spiritual Conditions of the Culture of Death [Illustrated] 3110442302, 9783110442304, 9783110436976, 9783110434873

Death is not only the final moment of life, it also casts a huge shadow on human society at large. People throughout tim

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Death in the Middle Ages and Early Modern Times: The Material and Spiritual Conditions of the Culture of Death 3110442302, 9783110442304, 9783110436976

Death is not only the final moment of life, it also casts a huge shadow on human society at large. People throughout tim

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The Material Culture of Death in Medieval Japan 9780824837556

This study is the first in the English language to explore the ways medieval Japanese sought to overcome their sense of

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Culture and the Death of God 9780300206548

How to live in a supposedly faithless world threatened by religious fundamentalism? Terry Eagleton, formidable thinker a

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The Black Death: The History and Legacy of the Middle Ages’ Deadliest Plague

*Includes pictures *Includes accounts of the plague written by survivors across Europe *Includes a bibliography for furt

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The Shape of Death: Life, Death and Immortality in the Early Fathers

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The Celebration of Death in Contemporary Culture

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The Culture of Death 9781474215671

Western culture has always been obsessed with death, but now death has taken on a new, anonymous form. The 20th Century

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The Seven Ages of Death 9781405947114

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Last Things: Death and the Apocalypse in the Middle Ages 9780812208450

Eleven essays that focus on the competing eschatologies of the Middle Ages. Eleven essays that focus on the competing

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