The Corpse in the Middle Ages: Embalming, Cremating, and the Cultural Construction of the Dead Body (Harvey Miller Studies in the History of Culture) (English and Latin Edition)
A scholarly study of medieval attitudes toward death, focusing on embalming, cremation, and the cultural significance of the dead body.
About This Book
This book examines the cultural construction of the dead body in the Middle Ages.
It explores historical practices such as embalming and cremation.
The study draws on both English and Latin sources to analyze attitudes toward death and the body.
Part of the Harvey Miller Studies in the History of Culture series.
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