Nouvelle acquisition : The Corpse in the Middle Ages : Embalming, Cremating, and the Cultural Construction of the Dead Body
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11 novembre 2021
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Corinne HÉLIN, « Nouvelle acquisition : The Corpse in the Middle Ages : Embalming, Cremating, and the Cultural Construction of the Dead Body », Bibliothèque Georges Lefebvre – Institut de recherches historiques du Septentrion, ID : 10.58079/ly9m
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SCHMITZ-ESSER RomedioThe Corpse in the Middle Ages : Embalming, Cremating, and the Cultural Construction of the Dead BodyLondon ; Turnhout : Harvey Millers Publishers, 2020, 780 p.ISBN 978-1-909400-87-0 EUR 1094 Résumé éditeur : To what extent are the dead truly dead? In medieval society, corpses were assigned special functions and meanings in several different ways. They were still present in the daily life of the family of the deceased, and could even play active roles in the life of the c...