Ghosts in the Middle Ages : the living and the dead in Medieval society
Jean-Claude Schmitt (Author)
Using many different medieval texts, Schmitt examines medieval religious culture and the significance of the widespread belief in ghosts, asking who returned, to whom, from where, in what form, and why. Through this vivid study, we can see the ways in which the dead and the living related to each other. Schmitt focuses on everyday ghosts - recently departed ordinary people who were a part of the complex social world of the living
History
xiii, 290 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm
9780226738871, 9780226738888, 0226738876, 0226738884
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The rejection of ghosts
Dreaming of the dead
The invasion of ghosts
The marvelous dead
Hellequin's hunt
The imaginary tamed?
The dead and power
Time, space, and society
Describing ghosts
Translation of: Les revenants
Translated from the French