Title: The care of the dead in late antiquity /
Authors: Rebillard, Éric
Publisher: Cornell University Press,
Year: 2009
Subjects: Death Religious aspects Christianity; Funeral rites and ceremonies, Ancient Rome Religious aspects.; Funeral rites and ceremonies, Ancient Religious aspects.
Contents: The problem of the origins : Christian burial in Rome and Carthage -- Burial and religious identity : religious groups and collective burial -- Voluntary associations and collective burial : the church, Christians, and the Collegia -- Violation of tombs and impiety : funerary practices and religious beliefs -- Christian piety and burial duty : from the duty to bury the dead to the organization of burial for the poor -- Christian funerals and funerals of Christians : the church and the death ritual in late antiquity -- The church, Christians, and the dead : commemoration of the dead in late antiquity.