Reformation of the Dead

Death and Ritual in Early Modern Germany, c.1450-1700

AvC. Koslofsky

Inbunden, Engelska, 1999

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Beskrivning

This is an examination of human encounter with death in Germany from the eve of the Reformation to the rise of Pietism. The Protestant Reformation transformed the funeral more profoundly than any other ritual of the traditional church. Luther's doctrine of salvation "by faith alone" made the foundation of the traditional funeral, intercession for the dead in Purgatory, obsolete. By drawing on anthropological interpretations of death ritual, this study explores the changing relationships between the body, the soul, the living and the dead in the daily life of early modern Germany.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:1999-10-21
Mått:140 x 216 x 20 mm
Vikt:420 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Early Modern History: Society and Culture
Antal sidor:223
Upplaga:2000
Förlag:Palgrave Macmillan
ISBN:9780333666852

Utforska kategorier

Europas historia inom Historia och arkeologi
Sociologi inom Samhälle och politik
Kulturhistoria inom Historia och arkeologi

Mer om författaren

CRAIG KOSLOFSKY is Assistant Professor in the Department of History at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. After receiving his doctorate from the University of Michigan in 1994, he held a research position at the Max-Planck-Institut f|r Geschichte, Gvttingen, Germany and taught at Millersville University of Pennsylvania. He is co-editor (with Bernhard Jussen) of Kulturelle Reformation: Sinnformationen in Umbruch 1400-1600. His current research explores night as experienced in the early modern world.

Recensioner i media

'Koslofsky has written a fascinating book on an important subject.' - Ecclesiastical History '...should be essential reading for all students of the Reformation.' - Gary K. Waite, Canadian Journal of History

Innehållsförteckning

List of Illustrations List of Abbreviations Acknowledgements Death, Ritual and the Reformation PART ONE: SEPARATING THE LIVING FROM THE DEAD Souls: The Death of Purgatory and the Reformation Bodies: Placing the Dead in the German Reformation PART TWO: THE LUTHERAN FUNERAL RITUAL TO 1700 The Formation of the Lutheran Funeral Ritual Honor and Violence: Funerals in the Confessional Age From Disgrace to Distinction: Nocturnal Burial in Seventeenth Century Germany Death, Ritual and History Index