Includes bibliographical references (pages 225-239) and index.
Contents
Grief and state formation -- Funerals and funeral laws -- Laments and male honor -- Ancient laments : sexuality, rage, and doubt -- Intercession for the dead and sorrow for sin -- Lay political culture and critiques of the lament -- Emotional order and just order -- Seductive dangers of grief -- Wars and funerals in fourteenth-century Orvieto -- Epilogue : the politics of grief.
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