Dying and death in later Anglo-Saxon England /

Pre-Conquest attitudes towards the dying and the dead have major implications for every aspect of culture, society and religion of the Anglo-Saxon period; but death-bed and funerary practices have been comparatively and unjustly neglected by historical scholarship. In her wide-ranging analysis, Dr T...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Whitworth, Victoria, 1966-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Woodbridge, Suffolk, UK ; Rochester, NY : Boydell Press, 2004.
Colección:Anglo-Saxon studies ; 4.
Temas:
1066-1485
Funeral rites and ceremonies, Medieval > England.
Anglo-Saxons > Funeral customs and rites.
Anglo-Saxons > Social life and customs.
Funérailles > Rites et cérémonies médiévaux > Angleterre.
Anglo-Saxons > Rites et cérémonies funéraires.
Anglo-Saxons > Mœurs et coutumes.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Death & Dying.
HISTORY > Medieval.
Anglo-Saxons > Social life and customs
Funeral rites and ceremonies, Medieval
Dood.
Sterven.
Begrafenissen.
Riten.
Sociale aspecten.
Angelsaksische tijd.
Great Britain > History > Medieval period, 1066-1485.
Grande-Bretagne > Histoire > 1066-1485 (Moyen Âge)
England
Great Britain
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 1. Aethelflaed, Lady of the Mercians
  • 2. Dying and death in a complicated world
  • 3. Dying with decency
  • 4. The body under siege in life and death
  • 5. The gravestone, the grave and the Wyrm
  • 6. Judgement on Earth and in Heaven.

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