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From Madrid to Purgatory

The Art and Craft of Dying in Sixteenth-Century Spain [Hardback]

by Carlos M. N. Eire

    • Author

      Carlos M. N. Eire

    • Book Format

      Hardback

    • Publisher

      Cambridge University Press

    • Published

      June 1995

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      From Madrid to Purgatory

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      Product Description

      This book reveals the workings of a culture that cherished death, and invested its resources in the pursuit of heaven. In sixteenth-century Spain, the social and economic debts of the living were extended to the dead, and society's central paradigms sought to invert perceptions, making death seem better than life itself. This is the first full-length study of this phenomenon. It differs from previous histories of death in two significant ways: in its methodology, which seeks to interweave social history and intellectual/cultural history; and in its geographical and cultural setting (previous studies have focused on France, Italy, and England). As a history of mentalites focused on a subject of universal significance, From Madrid to Purgatory transcends its 'Spanishness' and its time period while being wholly attentive to them.

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      • Author

        Carlos M. N. Eire

      • Book Format

        Hardback

      • Publisher

        Cambridge University Press

      • Published

        June 1995

      • Weight

        954g

      • Page Count

        588

      • Dimensions

        153 x 229 x 37 mm

      • ISBN

        9780521460187

      • ISBN-10

        0521460182

      • Eden Code

        1151529

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      • Author/Creator: Carlos M. N. Eire

      • ISBN: 9780521460187

      • Publisher: Cambridge University Press

      • Release Date: June 1995

      • Weight: 954g

      • Dimensions: 153 x 229 x 37 mm

      • Eden Code: 1151529

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