Christianizing Death: The Creation of a Ritual Process in Early Medieval Europe
by PAXTON, FREDERICK S
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Cornell University Press 1990. Octavo, brown cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, xv + 230pp, VG+ (sl scuffing to spine extrems & board corners, sl foxing to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (in clear contact, light creasing to edges)
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- Christianizing Death: The Creation of a Ritual Process in Early Medieval Europe
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- PAXTON, FREDERICK S
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- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press 1990
- Keywords
- Christianity spirituality death culture antiquity rituals liturgy
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