Living with the Dead in the Middle Ages

Patrick J. Geary

Cornell University Press, 1994

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Whereas modern societies tend to banish the dead from the world of the living, medieval men and women accorded 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, and even to participate in the negotiation of political...

ISBN-13
9780801480980
ISBN-10
0801480981
Publisher
Cornell University Press
Year
1994
Publication date
1994-10-28
Pages
264
Dimensions
225x156x17
Weight
430