The Reformation of the Dead: Death and Ritual in Early Modern Germany, c.1450-1700 (Early Modern History: Society and Culture) - Hardcover

Koslofsky, C.

 
9780312229108: The Reformation of the Dead: Death and Ritual in Early Modern Germany, c.1450-1700 (Early Modern History: Society and Culture)
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ISBN 10: 0312229100 ISBN 13: 9780312229108
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan, 2000

Synopsis

Koslofsky examines the human encounter with death in Germany from the eve of the Reformation to the rise of Pietism. The Protestant Reformation transformed the funeral more profoundly than any other ritual of the traditional church. Luther's doctrine of salvation 'by faith alone' made the foundation of the traditional funeral, intercession for the dead in Purgatory, obsolete. By drawing on anthropological interpretations of death ritual, this study explores the changing relationships between the body, the soul, the living and the dead in the daily life of early modern Germany.

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About the Author

Craig M. Koslofsky is Assistant Professor of History at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign.

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Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Publication date
2000
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0312229100
ISBN 13 
9780312229108
Binding
Hardcover
Number of pages
236

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