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Author:

Rebillard, Éric.

Title:

The care of the dead in late antiquity / Éric Rebillard ; translated by Elizabeth Trapnell Rawlings and Jeanine Routier-Pucci.

Publisher:

Cornell University Press,

Copyright Date:

c2009

Description:

xiii, 224 p. ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Death--Christianity.--Christianity.
Funeral rites and ceremonies, Ancient--Rome--Religious aspects.
Funeral rites and ceremonies, Ancient--Religious aspects.
Religieuze gebruiken
Dood.
Begrafenissen.

Other Titles:

Religion et sépulture. English

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 191-212) and index.

Contents:

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.

Series:

Cornell studies in classical philology ; v. 59

ISBN:

0801446775 (cloth : alk. paper)
9780801446771 (cloth : alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)289095911

LCCN:

2008052547

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

PLAX964 -- Luther College - Preus Library (Decorah)

OIAX792 -- Grinnell College (Grinnell)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)