Introduction: the vitality of the dead in medieval cultures

Gordon, Stephen ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7778-2555 2024. Introduction: the vitality of the dead in medieval cultures. Bruce, Scott G. and Gordon, Stephen, eds. Vigor Mortis The Vitality of the Dead in Medieval Cultures, London: Routledge, pp. 1-11. (10.4324/9781003538042-1)

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Abstract

This article provides an overview of the current state of research into the dead and undead in the European Middle Ages. Looking at the theoretical frameworks that underpin modern scholarship on the topic, as well the key publications that have steered academic investigations on death and dying into exciting new arenas, this introduction highlights the myriad ways in which the traumas of death were conceptualised in pre-modern textual traditions.

Item Type:	Book Section
Date Type:	Publication
Status:	Published
Schools:	Schools > English, Communication and Philosophy
Publisher:	Routledge
ISBN:	9781032884875
Last Modified:	21 Oct 2025 08:52
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/175280

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