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192pp, paperback
Drawing on a cross-section of evidence (excavated cemeteries, sculpture and funerary monuments, documentary sources and iconography) and using a series of regional case studies, this book explores the changing attitudes to death and the commemoration of the dead during the medieval period (c600-1500).
The book covers a number of central themes: the changing location of burial, with the slow transition to the churchyard; the evidence for burial rite and funerals; the great wealth of funerary monuments and other forms of ecclesiastical patronage which commemorated the dead; the nature of the funerary industry and the relationship of the dead to the living community.
Dr Hadley brings an inter-disciplinery perspective and explores death in a variety of contexts - including the grave, above-ground monuments, the rituals through which a community coped with the death of one of its members, and the various means by which people sought to ensure that they would not be forgotten. The book also broadens the study of death to consider a wider spectrum of society than the aristocracy who have so often been allowed to stand for the whole of medieval society.
Being based on primary research, this book will be of interest to academics and professional archaeologists, but its universal subject-matter and accessible style make it suitable for students, amateurs and interested general readers.
About the Author
Dr D. M. Hadley taught medieval history at the Universities of Birmingham and Leeds before being appointed to her current lectureship in Historical archaeology at the University of Sheffield.
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