Reformation of the Dead : Death and Ritual in Early Modern Germany, c.1450-1700
by
C. Koslofsky
Book Details
Format
Hardback or Cased Book
Book Series
Early Modern History: Society and Culture
ISBN-10
0333666852
ISBN-13
9780333666852
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Imprint
Palgrave Macmillan
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Oct 21st, 1999
Print length
223 Pages
Weight
420 grams
Dimensions
14.40 x 22.20 x 2.00 cms
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Koslofsky examines the human encounter with death in Germany from the eve of the Reformation to the rise of Pietism. 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.
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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