Passion and order
Subtitle: restraint of grief in the medieval Italian communes
By: Carol Lansing.
Series: Conjunctions of religion and power in the medieval past; Conjunctions of religion & power in the medieval past
Publisher: Cornell University Press
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Ithaca
Language: eng
Number of pages: 244
ISBN-13: 9780801440625
Subjects: Mourning customs -- Italy, Northern -- History -- To 1500; Grief -- Political aspects -- Italy, Northern -- History -- To 1500; Emotions -- Political aspects -- Italy, Northern -- History -- To 1500; Burial laws -- Italy, Northern -- History -- To 1500; Italy -- Social life and customs -- To 1500; Italy -- History -- 1268-1492
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 225-239) and index.
Table of contents: title: Grief and state formation; title: Funerals and funeral laws; title: Laments and male honor; title: Ancient laments : sexuality, rage, and doubt; title: Intercession for the dead and sorrow for sin; title: Lay political culture and critiques of the lament; title: Emotional order and just order; title: The seductive dangers of grief; title: Wars and funerals in fourteenth-century Orvieto.