Speaking with the Dead in Early America - Paperback
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Availability:In StockContributor:Erik R. SeemanSeries:Early American StudiesPublish date:2022-03-01Pages:344
Language:EnglishPublisher:University of Pennsylvania PressISBN-13:9780812225181ISBN-10:081222518XUPC:9780812225181Book Category:History, ReligionBook Subcategory:United States, Social History, ChristianityBook Topic:Colonial Period (1600-1775), DenominationsSize:9.00 x 6.00 x 0.77 inchesWeight:1.1111Product ID:SCFRFJRMT8
Speaking with the Dead in Early America
In late medieval Catholicism, mourners employed an array of practices to maintain connection with the deceased--most crucially, the belief in purgatory, a middle place between heaven and hell where souls could be helped by the actions of the living. In the early sixteenth century, the Reformation abolished purgatory, as its leaders did not want attention to the dead diminishing people's devotion...
Series: Early American Studies
Language:EnglishPublisher:University of Pennsylvania PressISBN-13:9780812225181ISBN-10:081222518XUPC:9780812225181Book Category:History, ReligionBook Subcategory:United States, Social History, ChristianityBook Topic:Colonial Period (1600-1775), DenominationsSize:9.00 x 6.00 x 0.77 inchesWeight:1.1111Product ID:SCFRFJRMT8
Erik R. Seeman is Professor of History at the University at Buffalo. He is author or editor of numerous books, including Death in the New World: Cross-Cultural Encounters, 1492-1800, also available from the University of Pennsylvania Press.
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