The Reformation of the Dead - Death and Ritual in Early Modern Germany, c.1450-1700 (Hardcover, 2000 ed.)

This book examines the human encounter with death in Germany from the eve of the Reformation to the rise of Pietism. The Protestant Reformation transformed the funeral more profoundly than any other ritual of the traditional church. Luther’s doctrine of salvation "by faith alone" made the foundation of the traditional funeral, intercession for the dead in Purgatory, obsolete. By drawing on anthropological interpretations of death ritual, this study explores the changing relationships between the body, the soul, the living and the dead in the daily life of modern Germany.

General

Imprint:	Palgrave Macmillan
Country of origin:	United States
Series:	Early Modern History: Society and Culture
Release date:	2000
First published:	2000
Authors:	C. Koslofsky
Dimensions:	216 x 140 x 21mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover - Cloth over boards / With dust jacket
Pages:	223
Edition:	2000 ed.
ISBN-13:	978-0-312-22910-8
Categories:	Books > Humanities > History > World history > General Books > Humanities > History > European history > General Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social institutions > General Books > History > European history > General Books > History > World history > General
LSN:	0-312-22910-0
Barcode:	9780312229108

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