Free Download Image and the Office of the Dead in Late Medieval Europe: Regular, Repellant, and Redemptive Death by Sarah Schelly
English | October 9th, 2023 | ISBN: 9789048544233 | 242 pages | True PDF | 4.28 MB
Image and the Office of the Dead in Late Medieval Europe explores the Office of the Dead as a site of interaction between text, image, and experience in the culture of commemoration that thrived in the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries. The Office of the Dead was a familiar liturgical ritual, and its perceived importance and utility are evident in its regular inclusion in devotional compilations, which crossed the boundaries between lay and religious readers. The Office was present in all medieval deaths: as a focus for private contemplation, a site of public performance, a reassuring ritual, and a voice for the bereaved.