Title: Death and dying in the Middle Ages
Description: "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 convictions that shaped medieval attitudes toward death.

A collection of eighteen articles by contributors in the Western hemisphere, this new compendium on death and its implications will interest the specialist, the student and teacher of cultural history, religion, folklore, psychology, literature, and art, and also the general public."--Jacket.
Subjects: Histoire des doctrines, Death, Attitude to Death, Thanatologie, Civilisation médiévale, Medieval Literature, Mort, Christianity, Religion, Middeleeuwen, Sociology, Littérature médiévale, Death in art, Tod, Kultur, Medieval, Social aspects, Medieval Art, Dood, Mort dans l'art, Christianisme, Histoire sociale, York plays, Histoire, Aspect religieux, Aspect social, Art médiéval, History of doctrines, History, History and criticism, Mort dans la littérature, Histoire et critique, Death in literature, Sterben, Medieval Civilization, Social history, Kunst, Dodenbezorging, Death, social aspects, Social history, medieval, 500-1500, Literature, medieval, history and criticism, Death, religious aspects, Civilization, medieval, Religious aspects
Time periods: Medieval, 500-1500, Middle Ages, 600-1500, 600-1500 (Moyen Âge), 500-1500 (Moyen Âge)