Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- 1. The Burial Of The Dead -- 2. Commemoration -- 3. The Laity And The Liturgical Community -- 4. Familiaritas -- 5. The Ideology Of Prayer For The Dead -- Epilogue -- Appendix A. Liturgical Privileges In Royal Acts, 768-1108 -- Appendix B. Grants Of Liturgical Privileges By Five Religious Communities, 800-1099 -- Works Cited -- Index
Summary
In this book, Megan McLaughlin explores the social and cultural significance of prayer for the dead in the West Frankish realm from the late eighth century through the end of the eleventh century. She argues that the primary function of funerary and commemorative rituals in the early middle ages was to sustain the dead as members of the Christian community on earth, and to link them symbolically with the community of saints in heaven
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 269-298) and index
Notes
In English
Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 16. Mai 2019)
