Afterlives : the return of the dead in the Middle Ages / Nancy Mandeville Caciola.
Author/creator |
Caciola, Nancy, 1963- |
Format | Electronic and Book |
Publication Info | Ithaca ; London : Cornell University Press, 2016. |
Publication Info | ©2016 |
Description | xvi, 363 pages ; 24 cm |
Supplemental Content | Full text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete |
Subject(s) |
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Contents | Imagining mortality -- Mors, a critical biography -- Diagnosing death -- Corporeal revenants -- Revenants, resurrection, and burnt sacrifice -- The hellequin and the burning ones -- Flesh and bone: the semiotics of mortality -- The disembodied dead -- Psychopomps, oracles, and spirit mediums -- Spectral possession. |
Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
Genre/form | Electronic books. |
LCCN | 2015041806 |
ISBN | 9781501702617 (cloth : alk. paper) |
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