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Titel | The corpse in the Middle Ages : embalming, cremating, and the cultural construction of the dead body / Romedio Schmitz-Esser ; translated by Albrecht Classen and Carolin Radtke |
Person(en) |
Schmitz-Esser, Romedio (Verfasser) Classen, Albrecht (Übersetzer) Radtke, Carolin |
Werk(e) | Der Leichnam im Mittelalter |
Verlag | London ; Turnhout : Harvey Miller Publishers |
Zeitliche Einordnung | Erscheinungsdatum: [2020] |
Umfang/Format | 780 Seiten ; 29 cm |
Inhalt | Introduction. The constructed corpse : methodology, stucture, and goals -- A topic between popular hype and historical lack of interest : the state of research -- The Buried Corpse. The corpse and resurrection -- The proper burial in the middle ages -- Internment in the time of crisis -- The corpse portrayed -- The Holy Corpse. Real presence and the cult of relics -- Transfer of relics and fragmenting the corpse -- The corpse as proof of sanctity -- Embalming and the Preservatioin of Corpses. Ancient embalming in the middle ages -- Change of the embalming technique in the time of the Carolingians -- Embalming in the high middle ages -- Kitchen, cooking, and the treatment of the corpse -- Dissection of the corpse and the professionalization of embalming -- Innovations in high and late m edieval embalming processes and the anthropological and archeological data -- Galen and the cold, humid corpse : drying of the corpse as a technique in embalming -- Booming of embalming : from the eighteenth century to today -- Embalming, preservation of the body, and the cult of relics -- Authority and the Corpse. Visiting a corpse-the visit by a corpse -- The ruler's corpse as a sign of victory -- The specialists of death and their ruler clientele : the location of the grave and the row of corpses as a means for legitimization -- Conversion,legitimacy, and the beloved bones of the ancestors -- The Community of the Dead and the Corpse in the "Ordo". Hierarchy of the funeral sites -- Grave donations between here and the afterlife -- Objects useful for the corpse -- The Corpse and the Law. The corpse as the interim occupant of an office -- The corpse as both subject and object of the law -- Marking borders, church authority, and the value of the corpse -- The Living Corpse. The sleeping dead and its physically continued life -- Signs of life : speaking, bleeding, and continued growth of nails and hair -- Funeral ritual to prevent the appearance of revenants -- The corpse besieged by demons -- The active corpse -- The Destruction and Desecration of Corpses. Deviation from the funerary ritual as punishment and exclusion -- Excommunicated corpses and death under the interdict -- The growing concern with the moral integrity of the dead : individuals responsible for church desecration, those who rejected confession, and those dead who had died without their guilt having been forgiven and atoned -- Corpse desecration -- Burning and physical annihilation -- The humble corpse -- The Corpse as Medicine and Miracle Cure. The corpse as royal blessing? -- The corpse as a medium to create miracles and magic -- "Mumia vera"-mummies as a medical drug -- Building sacrifice and the corpse as a weapon -- Heart, Head, and Hand-the Body Parts of Corpses From an Anthropological and Anatomical Perspective. The practice of multiple burials in the high and late middle ages. |
ISBN/Einband/Preis |
978-1-909400-87-0 Gewebe 1-909400-87-4 |
Sprache(n) | Englisch (eng), Originalsprache(n): Deutsch (ger) |
Beziehungen | Harvey Miller studies in the history of culture |
Schlagwörter | Leiche ; Totenkult ; Bestattungsritus ; Einbalsamieren ; Kultur ; Geschichte 500-1500 |
DDC-Notation | 393.0902 [DDC23ger] |
Sachgruppe(n) | 390 Bräuche, Etikette, Folklore ; 940 Geschichte Europas |
Weiterführende Informationen | Inhaltsverzeichnis |
Leipzig |
Signatur: 2024 B 26456
Bereitstellung in Leipzig |