The Ever-Present Death Behind the Church Door: On the Funeral Bier and Its Emblematic Qualities
This article takes its point of departure in the precautions taken by the early modern Lutheran Church in order to insure that, at least in principle, all parishioners had a chance to face death, once the end was approaching, prepared. More explicitly, the article addresses how the early modern pari...
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Medienart: | Elektronisch Aufsatz |
Sprache: | Englisch |
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De Gruyter
2014
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Journal of Early Modern Christianity
Jahr: 2014, Band: 1, Heft: 1, Seiten: 91-114 |
weitere Schlagwörter: | B
burial culture
B Ritual B Death B Funeral bier |
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Zusammenfassung: | This article takes its point of departure in the precautions taken by the early modern Lutheran Church in order to insure that, at least in principle, all parishioners had a chance to face death, once the end was approaching, prepared. More explicitly, the article addresses how the early modern parishioner faced death each time he or she entered the local church. A specific item - the funeral bier - is to be the focal point and the lens through which the manner of the Church’s preparation of parishioners for death is discussed. |
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ISSN: | 2196-6656 |
Enthält: | Enthalten in: Journal of Early Modern Christianity
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Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1515/jemc-2014-0007 |