Although today in France church attendance is minimal, when death occurs many families still cling to religious rites. In exploring this common reaction to one

This book sheds new light on the interplay of the funerary arts, tomb cult and the mentalities that shaped them in France, over a period famous for profound and

This is an interdisciplinary study of the state funerals that were celebrated in France between the French Revolution and the death of François Mitterand. Its

The Jews of Modern France: Images and Identities focuses on the shifting boundaries between inner-directed and outer-directed Jewish concerns, behaviors and att

Challenging the master narrative of secularization, an exploration of the persistent influence of religious categories in the cultural landscape of Europe's fir