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P/H/85. Medieval attitudes to death

WORDS:
2500
DATE:
2006
PRICE:
29.99 GBP

The paper examines the attitudes to death reflected in the art of the late medieval period analyzing the picture of the Last Judgement in the book From the Brink of the Apocalypse. The brutality of war, the value of human life and the impacts of the Hundred Years War between England and France on peoples mentality are described. Other works of the period are reviewed commenting on the theme of death and the Judgment day.

 

KEYWORDS: Medieval, Apocalypse, death, Last Judgment,