Living with the dead in the Middle Ages / Patrick J. Geary.

Annotation Whereas modern societies tend to banish the dead from the world of the living, medieval men and women acccorded 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, a...

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Main Author: Geary, Patrick J., 1948- (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 1994.
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