The care of the dead in late antiquity [electronic resource] /
Éric Rebillard ; translated by Elizabeth Trapnell Rawlings and Jeanine Routier-Pucci.
- Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2009.
- 1 online resource (xiii, 224 p.)
- Cornell studies in classical philology ; 59 .
- Cornell studies in classical philology ; 59. .
Includes bibliographical references (p. 179-212) and index.
The problem of the origins : Christian burial in Rome and Carthage -- Burial and religious identity : religious groups and collective burial -- Voluntary associations and collective burial : the church, Christians, and the Collegia -- Violation of tombs and impiety : funerary practices and religious beliefs -- Christian piety and burial duty : from the duty to bury the dead to the organization of burial for the poor -- Christian funerals and funerals of Christians : the church and the death ritual in late antiquity -- The church, Christians, and the dead : commemoration of the dead in late antiquity.
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