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Author Rebillard, Éric.

Title The care of the dead in late antiquity / Éric Rebillard ; translated by Elizabeth Trapnell Rawlings and Jeanine Routier-Pucci.

Publication Info. Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2009.

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Description 1 online resource (xiii, 224 pages).
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Series Cornell studies in classical philology ; 59
Cornell studies in classical philology ; 59.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 179-212) and index.
Contents The problem of the origins : Christian burial in Rome and Carthage -- Burial and religious identity : religious groups and collective burial -- Voluntary associations and collective burial : the church, Christians, and the Collegia -- Violation of tombs and impiety : funerary practices and religious beliefs -- Christian piety and burial duty : from the duty to bury the dead to the organization of burial for the poor -- Christian funerals and funerals of Christians : the church and the death ritual in late antiquity -- The church, Christians, and the dead : commemoration of the dead in late antiquity.
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Reproduction Electronic reproduction. [S.l.] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010. MiAaHDL
System Details Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL
Processing Action digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve MiAaHDL
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Subject Death -- Religious aspects -- Christianity.
Death -- Religious aspects -- Christianity.
Funeral rites and ceremonies, Ancient -- Rome -- Religious aspects.
Funeral rites and ceremonies, Ancient -- Religious aspects.
Funeral rites and ceremonies, Ancient.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Added Title Religion et sépulture. English https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no2008179358
Other Form: Print version: Rebillard, Éric. Religion et sépulture. English. Care of the dead in late antiquity. Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2009 (DLC) 2008052547
ISBN 9780801459160 (electronic book)
0801459168 (electronic book)
9780801446771
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