Elizabeth Valdez Del Alamo and Carol Stamatis Pendergast, eds.
Memory and the Medieval Tomb
Aldershot, UK and Brookfield, VT:
Ashgate,
1999.
317 pp.; 93 b/w ills.
Cloth
$59.95
(0754600769)
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Memory and the Medieval Tomb gathers together eleven essays that explore the commemorative function of the tomb, from the early Christian catacombs to the fifteenth century, in England, Italy, Spain, Sweden, and France. It is a valuable collection that offers a wide range of themes and approaches. Some papers are about the way in which the design and location of tombs were carefully contrived to keep alive the memory of the deceased, so that his...