Afterlives : the return of the dead in the Middle Ages - Caciola, Nancy, 1963- (Ithaca ; London : Cornell University Press, 2016)
Imagining mortality -- Mors, a critical biography -- Diagnosing death -- Corporeal revenants -- Revenants, resurrection, and burnt sacrifice -- The hellequin and the burning ones -- Flesh and bone: the semiotics of mortality -- The disembodied dead -- Psychopomps, oracles, and spirit mediums -- Spectral possession.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Print version record.
Keywords: Death in popular culture -- Europe -- History -- Middle Ages, 600-1500.; Dead -- Mythology -- Europe; Future life -- Christianity -- History of doctrines -- Middle Ages, 600-1500.; POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Cultural Policy; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Popular Culture; HISTORY / Medieval; Electronic books