Early Modern History: Society and Culture: Death and Ritual in Early Modern Germany, c.1450-1700

Koslofsky, C.

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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Published by: Palgrave Macmillan

Publication Date: 1999-10-21

Format: Hardcover

ISBN-13: 9780333666852

DOI: 10.1057/9780230286375

Dimensions: 216cm x140cm

Pages: 223