Ghosts in the Middle Ages : the living and the dead in Medieval society / Jean-Claude Schmitt ; tran...
Ghosts in the Middle Ages : the living and the dead in Medieval society / Jean-Claude Schmitt ; tran...
Ghosts in the Middle Ages : the living and the dead in Medieval society / Jean-Claude Schmitt ; translated by Teresa Lavender Fagan.
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Chicago : University of Chicago Press, c1998.
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N398.47094/1
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English
French
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Physical content
xiii, 290 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 24 cm.
Contents
Ch. 1. The Rejection of Ghosts -- Ch. 2. Dreaming of the Dead -- Ch. 3. The Invasion of Ghosts -- Ch. 4. The Marvelous Dead -- Ch. 5. Hellequin's Hunt -- Ch. 6. The Imaginary Tamed? -- Ch. 7. The Dead and Power -- Ch. 8. Time, Space, and Society -- Ch. 9. Describing Ghosts.
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Chicago : University of Chicago Press, c1998.
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Illinois
Date Published
c1998.
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Summary
Using many different medieval texts, Schmitt examines medieval religious culture and the significance of the widespread belief in ghosts, asking who returned, to whom, from where, in what form, and why. Through this vivid study, we can see the ways in which the dead and the living related to each other. Schmitt focuses on everyday ghosts - recently...
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Ghosts in the Middle Ages : the living and the dead in Medieval society / Jean-Claude Schmitt ; translated by Teresa Lavender Fagan.
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Translation of: Les revenants.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 229-275) and index.
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c1998.
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N398.47094/1
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74VM0JoOloDO
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0226738884 (pbk.)
9780226738871 (cloth : acid-free paper)
0226738876 (cloth : acid-free paper)
9780226738871
0226738876
9780226738888 (pbk.)
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398.47094
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991001703419702626
