Death and the Prince: Memorial Preaching Before 1350

ISBN-13: 9780198203964 / Angielski / Twarda / 1994 / 328 str.

D. L. D'Avray; David D'Avray

Opis

This is a fascinating study of attitudes towards death and the afterlife in medieval Europe. Based on fourteenth-century unpublished sermons in memory of kings and princes, it examines the relationship between kingship and death, in a period when a genuinely secular political consciousness existed alongside other-worldly priorities. David D'Avray mixes political history with the history of mentalites to produce a unique look at funeral preaching during this era.

Recenzje

manages to live up to the expectations that it arouses, and provides readers with a sensitive and supple study of memorial preaching about princes before 1350