Public uses of human remains and relics in history:

The principal theme of this volume is the importance of the public use of human remains in a historical perspective. The book presents a series of case studies aimed at offering historiographical and methodological reflections and providing interpretative approaches highlighting how, through the age...

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Weitere beteiligte Personen: Cavicchioli, Silvia 1971- (HerausgeberIn), Provero, Luigi (HerausgeberIn)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:Englisch
Veröffentlicht: New York Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group 2020
Schriftenreihe:Routledge approaches to history
Routledge approaches to history 32
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Links:https://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/9780429295904
Zusammenfassung:The principal theme of this volume is the importance of the public use of human remains in a historical perspective. The book presents a series of case studies aimed at offering historiographical and methodological reflections and providing interpretative approaches highlighting how, through the ages and with a succession of complex practices and uses, human remains have been imbued with a plurality of meanings. Covering a period running from late antiquity to the present day, the contributions are the combined results of multidisciplinary research pertaining to the realities of the Italian peninsula, hitherto not investigated with a long-term and multidisciplinary historical perspective. From the relics of great men to the remains of patriots, and from anatomical specimens to the skeletons of the saints: through these case studies the scholars involved have investigated a wide range of human remains (real or reputed) and of meanings attributed to them, in order to decipher their function over the centuries. In doing so, they have traversed the interpretative boundaries of political history, religious history and the history of science, as required by questions aimed at integrating the anthropological, social and cultural aspects of a complex subject
Umfang:1 online resource (ix, 279 pages) illustrations
ISBN:9780429295904
0429295901
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