In this book, Megan McLaughlin explores the social and cultural significance of prayer for the dead in the West Frankish realm from the late eighth century through the end of the eleventh century. She argues that the primary function of funerary and commemorative rituals in the …
In this book Megan McLaughlin explores the social and cultural significance of prayer for the dead in the West Frankish realm from the late eighth century through the end of the eleventh century. She argues that the primary function of funerary and commemorative rituals in the e…
In this book, Megan McLaughlin explores the social and cultural significance of prayer for the dead in the West Frankish realm from the late eighth century through the end of the eleventh century. She argues that the primary function of funerary and commemorative rituals in the …
"Death and Dying in the Middle Ages examines medical facts and communal arrangements, as well as religious and popular beliefs and rituals concerning the end of life in Western societies. It studies literary and artistic imaging and the underlying philosophical and theological c…
"Death and Dying in the Middle Ages examines medical facts and communal arrangements, as well as religious and popular beliefs and rituals concerning the end of life in Western societies. It studies literary and artistic imaging and the underlying philosophical and theological c…
The 'Book of Donors' for Strasbourg cathedral is an extraordinary medieval document dating from ca. 1320-1520, with 6954 entries from artisan, merchant and aristocratic classes. This study comprehensively analyzes this unpublished manuscript and shows the types and patterns of g…
The 'Book of Donors' for Strasbourg cathedral is an extraordinary medieval document dating from ca. 1320-1520, with 6954 entries from artisan, merchant and aristocratic classes. This study comprehensively analyzes this unpublished manuscript and shows the types and patterns of g…