Image and the Office of the Dead in Late Medieval Europe: Regular, Repellant, and Redemptive Death

by Sarah Schell

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...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9463722114
• ISBN13: 9789463722117
• Release Date: October 2023
• Publisher: Amsterdam University Press
• Length: 240 Pages