Ghosts in the Middle Ages The Living and the Dead in Medieval Society

Name: Ghosts in the Middle Ages The Living and the Dead in Medieval Society
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ISBN: 9780226738888

ISBN-10: 0226738884

ISBN-13: 9780226738888

Edition: 1999

Authors: Jean-Claude Schmitt, Teresa Lavender Fagan

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Ghosts in the Middle Ages examines medieval religious culture and the significance of the widespread belief in ghosts, revealing the ways in which the dead and the living related to each other during the Middle Ages.

Book details

List price: $33.00
Copyright year: 1999
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Publication date: 12/1/1999
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 298
Size: 7.44" wide x 8.94" long x 0.76" tall
Weight: 0.990
Language: English

Jean-Claude Schmitt is Director of Studies at the ï¿½%cole des Hautes ï¿½%tudes en Sciences Sociales, Paris.

Teresa Lavender Fagan is a freelance translator living in Chicago; she has translated numerous books for the University of Chicago Press and other publishers.



Translator's Note Author's


Acknowledgments


Introduction



The Rejection of Ghosts



Dreaming of the Dead



The Invasion of Ghosts



The Marvelous Dead



Hellequin's Hunt



The Imaginary Tamed?



The Dead and Power



Time, Space, and Society



Describing Ghosts


Conclusion


Notes


Index