In recent years, the rituals and beliefs associated with the end of life and the commemoration of the dead have increasingly been identified as of critical impo

In recent years, the rituals and beliefs associated with the end of life have increasingly been identified as being of critical importance in understanding the

This companion volume seeks to trace the development of ideas relating to death, burial, and the remembrance of the dead in Europe from ca.1300-1700.

This book provides a comprehensive account of attitudes towards the dead and their 'placing'.