Whereas modern societies tend to banish the dead from the world of the living, medieval men and women accorded them a vital role in the community. The saints counted most prominently as potential intercessors before God, but the ordinary dead as well were called upon to aid the living, and even to participate in the negotiation of political disputes. In this book, the distinguished medievalist Patrick J. Geary shows how exploring the complex relations between the living and dead...
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Patrick J. Geary is Professor of History and Director of the Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies, University of California, Los Angeles. Among his books are...
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Language English ● Format PDF ● Pages 264 ● ISBN 9781501721632 ● File size 22.6 MB ● Publisher Cornell University Press ● City Ithaca ● Country US ● Published 2018 ● Downloadable 24 months ● Currency EUR ● ID 6432760 ● Copy protection Adobe DRM
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