Living with the dead in the Middle Ages /

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Annotation Whereas modern societies tend to banish the dead from the world of the living, medieval men and women acccorded them a vital role in the community. The saints counted most prominently as potential intercessors before God, but the ordinary dead as well were called upon to aid the living, a...

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Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Geary, Patrick J., 1948- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 1994.
Subjects:
600-1500
Death > Religious aspects > Christianity > History of doctrines > Middle Ages, 600-1500.
Mort > Aspect religieux > Christianisme > Histoire des doctrines > 600-1500 (Moyen Âge)
RELIGION > Christianity > Saints & Sainthood.
Dood.
Heiligenverering.
Europe > Church history > 600-1500.
Europe > Histoire religieuse > 476-1492.
Europe.
Religion > Doctrines > Death
Church history.
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