>Hoping that list-members may be able to fill one of the
>many gaps in my expertise: one of my students needs
>a reading list on medieval death and funeral rituals. I am
>vaguely aware that there's quite a lot of material out
>there, but can anyone tell me of anything particularly
>reliable, or exciting, or provocative?
>thanks in advance,
>Sarah Salih
Just in English? Here are a few things to start with:
Elizabeth A. R. Brown, "Death and the Human Body in the Later Middle Ages:
The Legislation of Boniface VIII on the Division of the Corpse," Viator 12
(1981): 221-70
Frederick Paxton, Christianizing Death: The Creation of a Ritual Process in
Early Medieval Europe
Megan McLaughlin, Consorting with Saints: Prayer for the Dead in Early
Medieval France
Patrick Geary, Living with the Dead in the Middle Ages
Paul Binski, Medieval Death: Ritual and Representation
Also--tell your student to stay away from Philippe Aries. His works on
death are very stimulating, but wildly inaccurate.
Megan McLaughlin
Associate Professor of History and Women's Studies
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
309 Gregory Hall, 810 S. Wright St.
Urbana, IL 61801 U.S.A.
Phone: 217-244-2084
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