HIEU 119. Death and Afterlife in the Middle Ages (4 units)
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Description
This class investigates the ways in which medieval people understood death as well as the various ways in which they imagined the afterlife. We will discuss the cult of martyrs and saints; encounters with ghosts and revenants; the formation of the doctrine of purgatory; visionary journeys to the other world; and early medical discourses defining the death of the body. +
Prerequisite courses
HIEU 119 has no prerequisite courses.
Successor courses
No courses have HIEU 119 as a prerequisite.