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Death in fifteenth century Castile : ideologies of the elites /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Vivanco, Laura, 1974-
Format: Book
Language:English
Spanish
Language Notes:English and Spanish.
Published: Woodbridge, Suffolk, UK ; Rochester, NY : Tamesis, 2004.
Series:Colección Támesis. Monografías ; 205.
Subjects:
Death > Spain > Castile > History > 15th century.
Death > Spain > Castile > Religious aspects.
Death > Spain > Castile > Social aspects.
Funeral rites and ceremonies > Spain > Castile > History > 15th century.
Mourning customs > Spain > Castile > History > 15th century.
Online Access:Table of contents
Table of Contents:
  • I. Introduction
  • II. Types of death
  • Introduction
  • The oradores: Christianity and the good death
  • The defensores: good death in battle
  • Bad deaths
  • Sudden deaths as a result of an outside agency
  • Deaths imposed by the judicial system
  • Self-inflicted deaths
  • Conclusion
  • III. The afterlife
  • The oradores and the afterlife
  • God and the devil
  • Heaven, hell and purgatory
  • The defensores and the vida de la fama
  • Conclusion
  • IV. The bereaved
  • Introduction
  • The oradores: ritual and remembrance
  • Defensores and the mingling of secular and sacred in funeral customs
  • Consolation and the oradores' opposition to excessive grief
  • Fortaleza, grief and the defensores
  • Grief and gender
  • Grief and social status
  • Conclusion
  • V. conclusion
  • Introduction
  • Oradores
  • Defensores
  • Conflict and co-existence.