Buch, Englisch, 662 Seiten, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 986 g
The Curse on Self-Murder
Buch, Englisch, 662 Seiten, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 986 g
ISBN: 978-0-19-955318-1
Verlag: Oxford University Press
A group of men dig a tunnel under the threshold of a house. Then they go and fetch a heavy, sagging object from inside the house, pull it out through the tunnel, and put it on a cow-hide to be dragged off and thrown into the offal-pit. Why should the corpse of a suicide - for that is what it is - have earned this unusual treatment?
In The Curse on Self-Murder, Alexander Murray explores the origin of the condemnation of suicide, in a quest which leads along the most unexpected byways of medieval theology, law, mythology, and folklore -and, indeed, in some instances beyond them. At an epoch when there might be plenty of ostensible reasons for not wanting to live, the ways used to block the suicidal escape route give a unique perspective on medieval religion.
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Fachgebiete
- Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Europäische Länder
- Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Europäische Geschichte
- Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Gruppen/Soziale Themen Tod, Sterbehilfe: Soziale und Ethische Themen
Weitere Infos & Material
- Practice
- 1: The Body
- 2: The Property
- Theory: the Written Inheritance
- 3: Religion
- 4: Philosophy
- 5: Law
- Theory: The Medieval Contribution
- 6: Theology: The Age of Reticence
- 7: Theology: Suicide Discovered
- 8: Canonists and Jurists
- 9: Occasional Theology
- 10: Judas
- 11: The Sin of Despair
- The Roots of Taboo: Pollution and the Community
- 12: Intention without Act
- 13: Act without Intention
- 14: The Community as Judge
- The Roots of Taboo: The Unwritten Inheritance
- 15: The Curse in Antiquity
- 16: The Curse in Other Cultures
