Dealing with the dead : : mortality and community in medieval and early modern Europe / / edited by Thea Tomaini.

• Superior document: Explorations in Medieval Culture, Volume 5
• TeilnehmendeR: Tomaini, Thea,
• Place / Publishing House: Leiden, Netherlands ;, Boston, Massachusetts : : Brill,, 2018.; ©2018
• Year of Publication: 2018
• Language: English
• Series: Explorations in medieval culture ; Volume 5.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (461 pages) :; illustrations, maps.
• Other title: Preliminary Material --; Introduction /; 1 The Talking Dead: Exhortations of the Dead to the Living in Anglo-Saxon Writing /; 2 Sudden Death in Early Medieval England and the Anglo-Saxon Fortunes of Men /; 3 Monumental Memory: The Performance and Enduring Spectacle of Burial in Early Anglo-Saxon England /; 4 Dealing with the Undead in the Later Middle Ages /; 5 “Look at my Hands:” Physical Presence and the Saintly Intercessor at Wilton /; 6 The Corpse of Public Opinion: Thomas of Norwich, Anti-Semitism, and Christian Identity /; 7 Outlaws and the Undead: Defining Sacred and Communal Space in Medieval Iceland /; 8 A Funeral Procession from Venice to Milan: Death Rituals for a Late-Medieval Wealthy Merchant /; 9 Live by the Sea, Die by the Sea: Confronting Death and the Dead in Medieval Liguria, 1140-1240 CE /; 10 The Medieval Cemetery as Ecclesiastical Community: Regulation, Conflict, and Expulsion, 1000-1215 /; 11 The Corpse as Testimony: Judgment, Verdict, and the Elizabethan Stage /; 12 Reappropiated Antiquity in the Funerary Art of the Kingdom of León and Castile in the High Middle Ages /; 13 Exploring Late-Medieval English Memento Mori Carved Cadaver Sculptures /; 14 Holbein’s Mementi Mori /; Afterword: A Few Thoughts on the Dead, the Living, and Liminal Existence /; General Bibliography /; Index /
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• ISBN: 9004358331
• ISSN: 2352-0299
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: edited by Thea Tomaini.

Death was a constant, visible presence in medieval and renaissance Europe. Yet, the acknowledgement of death did not necessarily amount to an acceptance of its finality. Whether they were commoners, clergy, aristocrats, or kings, the dead continued to function literally as integrated members of their communities long after they were laid to rest in their graves. From stories of revenants bringing pleas from Purgatory to the living, to the practical uses and regulation of burial space; from the tradition of the ars moriendi, to the depiction of death on the stage; and from the making of martyrs, to funerals for the rich and poor, this volume examines how communities dealt with their dead as continual, albeit non-living members. Contributors are Jill Clements, Libby Escobedo, Hilary Fox, Sonsoles Garcia, Stephen Gordon, Melissa Herman, Mary Leech, Nikki Malain, Kathryn Maud, Justin Noetzel, Anthony Perron, Martina Saltamacchia, Thea Tomaini, Wendy Turner, and Christina Welch