The care of the dead in late antiquity / Éric Rebillard ; translated by Elizabeth Trapnell Rawlings and Jeanine [sic] Routier-Pucci.
| Author/creator | Rebillard, Éric |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | Ithaca : Cornell University Press, |
| Description | xiii, 224 p. ; 24 cm. |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete |
| Subjects |
| Uniform title | Religion et sépulture. English |
| Series | Cornell studies in classical philology ; v. 59 Cornell studies in classical philology v. 59. ^A179994 |
| Contents | The problem of the origins : Christian burial in Rome and Carthage -- Burial and religious identity : religious groups and collective burial -- Voluntary associations and collective burial : the church, Christians, and the Collegia -- Violation of tombs and impiety : funerary practices and religious beliefs -- Christian piety and burial duty : from the duty to bury the dead to the organization of burial for the poor -- Christian funerals and funerals of Christians : the church and the death ritual in late antiquity -- The church, Christians, and the dead : commemoration of the dead in late antiquity. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (p. 191-212) and index. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2008052547 |
| ISBN | 9780801446771 (cloth : alk. paper) |
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