Medieval Death: Ritual and Representation.

Aus der Bibliothek von Prof. Wolfgang Haase, langj�igem Herausgeber der ANRW und des International Journal of the Classical Tradition (IJCT) / From the library of Prof. Wolfgang Haase, long-time editor of ANRW and the International Journal of the Classical Tradition (IJCT). - Schutzumschlag leicht berieben, Buchr�cken Schutzumschlag ausgeblichen, Schnitt im Schutzumschlag (Hinterdeckel), sonst sehr guter Zustand / dust jacket slightly rubbed, spine dust jacket faded, cut in dust jacket (back cover), otherwise very good condition. - Medieval Death is an absorbing study of the social, theological, and cultural issues involved in death and dying in Europe from the end of the Roman Empire to the early sixteenth century. Drawing on both archaeological and art historical sources, Paul Binski examines pagan and Christian attitudes towards the dead, the aesthetics of death and the body, burial ritual and mortuary practice. The evidence is accumulated from a wide variety of medieval thinkers and images, including the macabre illustrations of the Dance of Death and other popular themes in art and literature, which reflect the medieval obsession with notions of humility, penitence, and the dangers of bodily corruption. The author discusses the impact of the Black Death on late medieval art and examines the development of the medieval tomb, showing the changing attitudes towards the commemoration of the dead between late antiquity and the late Middle Ages. In the final chapter the progress of the soul after death is studied through the powerful descriptions of Heaven, Hell, and Purgatory in Dante and other writers and through portrayals of the Last Judgment and the Apocalypse in sculpture and large-scale painting. / CONTENTS Illustration Credits Preface Introduction: The Roots of Medieval Death Culture Chapter One : Ways of Dying and Rituals of Death Chapter Two : Death and Representation Chapter Three: The Macabre Colour Plates Chapter Four: Death and the Afterlife Bibliography Index. ISBN 9780801433153