First published in 1981, this reissue examines mankinda (TM)s
preoccupation with death and mortality by isolating various
societies in different periods of time. The authors examine not
only the formal rituals associated with the last rite of passage,
but also the social attitudes to death and dying which these
rituals evidence. The essays establish that different periods do
seem to be characterized by different images of death and attitudes
to it, but the authors wisely avoid trying to impose strict
chronological pattern. A pioneering work in the historical study of
attitudes to death, this reissue should reignite discussion on the
significance of death in human history.
Christiane Sourvinou-Inwood examines attitudes to death as
reflected in myth and religious thought in Ancient Greece and
relates them to social and economic change. R. C. Finucane analysis
the social significance of the a exemplarya (TM) deaths of kings,
criminals, traitors and saints in medieval Europe. Paul Fritza
(TM)s essay illustrates the importance of royal burials in early
modern Britian; while Joachim Whaley examines the social and
political significance of funerals in Hamburg between 1500 and
1800. John McManners discusses the work of Phililppe Aries and
other prominent French scholars on the history of attitudes to
death. David Irwin examines the images of death portrayed in
European tombs around 1800. C.A Bayly analyses the relationship
between death ritual and society in Hindu Northern India, while
David Cannadine discusses the impact of war on attitudes to death
in modern Britain.
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