Medieval Life Concerning Death (13th-16th Centuries) (13th-16th Centuries)

Author: (French) Daniel Alexandre-Bidon
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Publishing Date: 2005-03-01
Features: In the Middle Ages, the dead were an integral part of the living society, supporting the living like an exoskeleton. This was one of the last few eras in human history when the living and their deceased loved ones relied on each other and lived together. The author's work in collecting and organizing historical materials is truly very thorough. Not to mention how well-documented the arguments are when discussing each issue, but simply looking at the detailed source citations for every sentence and small story quoted in the text. The author referenced a vast amount of material, some of which came from various professional journals and conference publications. To find relevant and closely aligned snippets from such a wide range of materials spanning theology, archaeology, education, history, philosophy, geology, sociology, psychology, and literature, required such a great volume of reading and time spent organizing! In comparison, the effort I have put into this is truly insignificant. I believe the materials cited by the author will also be very useful and instructive for researchers in the same field in China, making it highly academically valuable. What is rare is that in this book, humorous and even whimsical references occasionally appear.