Der Bischof Stirbt: Zu Form, Funktion Und Vorstellung Bischoflicher Sterbeberichte (6.-12. Jahrhundert) [German]

by Matthias Weber

Death as a fundamental cultural and religious factor is given special consideration in the account of a bishop's demise - but the ideas of death, the demands placed on bishops, and the way of portraying what has happened are changing. Without representing the center of the plot, death reports thus acquire a special expressive potential, since their analysis provides information less about actual events than about the change in the world of imagination...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: German
• ISBN: 3847114913
• ISBN13: 9783847114918
• Release Date: November 2022
• Publisher: V&R Unipress
• Length: 770 Pages
• Weight: 10.38 lbs.