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Consorting with Saints : Prayer for the Dead in Early Medieval France / Megan McLaughlin.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Ithaca, NY : Cornell University Press, [2018]Copyright date: ©1994Description: 1 online resource (328 p.)Content type:
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ISBN:
  • 9781501728754
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 264/.020985/094409021 23
LOC classification:
  • BX2170.D5 M375 1994eb
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  • online - DeGruyter
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Contents:
Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- 1. The Burial Of The Dead -- 2. Commemoration -- 3. The Laity And The Liturgical Community -- 4. Familiaritas -- 5. The Ideology Of Prayer For The Dead -- Epilogue -- Appendix A. Liturgical Privileges In Royal Acts, 768-1108 -- Appendix B. Grants Of Liturgical Privileges By Five Religious Communities, 800-1099 -- Works Cited -- Index
Summary: In this book, Megan McLaughlin explores the social and cultural significance of prayer for the dead in the West Frankish realm from the late eighth century through the end of the eleventh century. She argues that the primary function of funerary and commemorative rituals in the early middle ages was to sustain the dead as members of the Christian community on earth, and to link them symbolically with the community of saints in heaven.
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eBook eBook Biblioteca "Angelicum" Pont. Univ. S.Tommaso d'Aquino Nuvola online online - DeGruyter (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Online access Not for loan (Accesso limitato) Accesso per gli utenti autorizzati / Access for authorized users (dgr)9781501728754

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- 1. The Burial Of The Dead -- 2. Commemoration -- 3. The Laity And The Liturgical Community -- 4. Familiaritas -- 5. The Ideology Of Prayer For The Dead -- Epilogue -- Appendix A. Liturgical Privileges In Royal Acts, 768-1108 -- Appendix B. Grants Of Liturgical Privileges By Five Religious Communities, 800-1099 -- Works Cited -- Index

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In this book, Megan McLaughlin explores the social and cultural significance of prayer for the dead in the West Frankish realm from the late eighth century through the end of the eleventh century. She argues that the primary function of funerary and commemorative rituals in the early middle ages was to sustain the dead as members of the Christian community on earth, and to link them symbolically with the community of saints in heaven.

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

In English.

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