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From: laura jacobus <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Mon, 9 Nov 1998 13:05:32 GMT
Subject: laying out dead
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Can anyone tell me of any evidence that women were
responsible for preparing the dead for burial in medieval
societies. It seems to be the case that women are the
ones who lay out corpses in traditional Indian and Irish
communities (or maybe I'm wrong about this) and I'd like to
know if they did so in the middle ages, especially in Italy
Laura
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