Christianizing Death: The Creation of a Ritual Process in Early Medieval Europe

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Cornell University Press, 1990 - Family & Relationships - 229 pages
 

Contents

History and Ritual I
1
The Mediterranean Background to the Sixth Century
19
Rites for the Sick the Dying and the Dead in the West
47
The Beginnings of Ritual Consolidation in the Frankish
92
Benedict of Aniane and Ritual
128
The Death Ritual in
162
Conclusion
201
Afterword to the Paperback Edition
209
Index
221
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