Caring for Body and Soul - Burial and the Afterlife in the Merovingian World

About the author

Bonnie Effros is Associate Professor of History at SUNY Binghamton and, during 2001-2002, the Sylvan C. Coleman and Pamela Coleman Memorial Fund Fellow at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. She is author of the book, Merovingian Mortuary Archaeology and the Making of the Early Middle Ages (2003).

Summary

In Caring for Body and Soul, Bonnie Effros reveals the social significance of burial rites in early medieval Europe during the time of the Merovingian (or so-called long-haired) kings from 500 to 800 C.E. Effros uses a wide range of historical and archaeological evidence that few other scholars have mastered.

Product details

• Authors: Bonnie (Professor of History Effros, Effros Bonnie
• Publisher: University Presses
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 15.05.2010
• EAN: 9780271027852
• ISBN: 978-0-271-02785-2
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 203 mm x 18 mm
• Weight: 426 g
• Illustrations: Raster,schwarz-weiss, Karten
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Sociology; European History, HISTORY / Europe / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Folklore & Mythology, RELIGION / Religion, Politics & State, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Customs & Traditions, Religion & politics, Fashion & society, Ancient Greek religion & mythology, Early history: c 500 to c 1450/1500, Religion and Politics, HISTORY / Europe / Medieval