Book Details
Format
Hardcover
Pages
328
Language
English
Published
May 5, 1994
Publisher
Cornell University Press
ISBN-10
0801426480
ISBN-13
9780801426483
Description
In this book, Megan McLaughlin explores the social and cultural significance of prayer for the dead in the West Frankish realm from the late eighth century through the end of the eleventh century. She argues that the primary function of funerary and commemorative rituals in the early middle ages was to sustain the dead as members of the Christian community on earth, and to link them symbolically with the community of saints in heaven.