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Record Nr.

UNINA9910812271903321

Autore

Daniell Christopher

Titolo

Death and burial in medieval England, 1066-1550 / / Christopher Daniell

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York, : Routledge, 1997

ISBN

1-134-66636-5

1-134-66637-3

1-280-14374-6

9786610143740

0-203-97917-6

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (258 p.)

Disciplina

393.09420902

393/.0942/0902

Soggetti

Funeral rites and ceremonies - England

Human remains (Archaeology) - England

Social history - Medieval, 500-1500

Death - History

England Social life and customs 1066-1485

England Antiquities

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

BOOK COVER; HALF-TITLE; TITLE; DEDICATION; COPYRIGHT; CONTENTS; PLATES; PREFACE; 1 DEATH IN THE MIDDLE AGES; 2 FROM DEATH-BED TO REMEMBRANCE; 3 THEMES OF DEATH; 4 THE GEOGRAPHY OF BURIAL; 5 THE BODILY EVIDENCE; 6 CEMETERIES AND GRAVE GOODS; 7 DEATH FROM THE CONQUEST TO THE REFORMATION; Appendix 1: Jews and Lepers; Appendix 2: The Living; BIBLIOGRAPHY; SUBJECT INDEX; INDEX OF PEOPLE AND PLACES;

Sommario/riassunto

Christopher Daniell establishes the role that death played in the Middle Ages by explaining the procedures that were involved when a person died and discussing the literary and artistic themes associated with death. He assesses archaeological discoveries by including the very latest research, both his own and others working in the area. The final



chapter presents a uniquely detailed survey of death from the Norman Conquest to the Reformation in the 1550's.