Suicide in the middle ages: volume 1: the violent against themselves
Auteur :
Murray
Éditeur :
Oxford University Press
ISBN :
9780199553112
Date de publication :
18 déc. 2008
Dimensions :
21,0 x 15,0 x 2,5 cm
Poids :
768 g
Format :
book
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
Grande Bretagne
'Suicide' and 'the Middle Ages' sounds like a contradiction. Was life not too short anyway, and the Church too disapproving, to admit suicide? Examining a wide range of suicides, and exploring how the living reacted to them, Alexander Murray takes the reader on a remarkable odyssey through medieval law, social life, literature, and religion.