Preparing for death, remembering the dead / / Tarald Rasmussen, Jon Oygarden Flaeten, editors.
Death and dying were not in the main focus of the denominational conflicts of the 16th century. However, pious literature covered these topics again and again, not only before the Reformation, but after it as well. Here, certain denominational differences are clearly visible. Partly, these differenc...
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| Superior document: | Refo500 Academic Studies ; Volume 22 |
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| Place / Publishing House: | Göttingen, [Germany] : : Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht GmbH,, 2015. ©2015 |
| Year of Publication: | 2015 |
| Language: | German |
| Series: | Refo500 academic studies ;
Volume 22. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (378 p.) |
| Notes: | "With 78 figures." |
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| Summary: | Death and dying were not in the main focus of the denominational conflicts of the 16th century. However, pious literature covered these topics again and again, not only before the Reformation, but after it as well. Here, certain denominational differences are clearly visible. Partly, these differences consist in the use of genres: For example, funeral sermons are an often used genre among Lutherans, while they are much rarer in the Reformed tradition. Similar differences can be observed concerning epitaphs. In Roman Catholic areas, funeral sermons and epitaphs are common in the 16th century, t |
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| ISBN: | 3666550827 |
| Hierarchical level: | Monograph |
| Statement of Responsibility: | Tarald Rasmussen, Jon Oygarden Flaeten, editors. |