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Western attitudes toward death: from the Middle Ages to the present
- Title
- Western attitudes toward death: from the Middle Ages to the present / by Philippe Ariés ; translated by Patricia M. Ranum.
- Author
- Ariès, Philippe
- Publication
- Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, [1974]
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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| Text | Use in library | 5791.129 | Off-site |
Details
- Additional Authors
- Ranum, Patricia M.
- Description
- xi, 111 pages : illustrations; 21 cm.
- Summary
- Reveals the change in Western man's conception and acceptance of death as evidenced in customs, literature, and art since medieval times.
- Series Statement
- Johns Hopkins symposia in comparative history ; 4th
- Uniform Title
- Essais sur l'histoire de la mort en Occident. English
- Johns Hopkins symposia in comparative history ; 4th.
- Alternative Title
- Essais sur l'histoire de la mort en Occident.
- Western attitudes toward death
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- Essay
- essays.
- Essays
- Folklore.
- Essays.
- Essais.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Contents
- Tamed death -- One's own death -- Thy death -- Forbidden death.
- ISBN
- 0801815665
- 9780801815669
- LCCN
- 73019340
- OCLC
- ocm00805001
- 805001
- SCSB-153634
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library