The hour of our death / Philippe Ariès ; translated from the French by Helen Weaver.

By: Ariès, PhilippeLanguage: English Original language: French Publication details: New York : Knopf : distributed by Random House, 2000, c1981Edition: 1st American edDescription: xvii, 651 p., [12] leaves of plates : ill. ; 25 cmISBN: 0760720878; 0760725705Uniform titles: Homme devant la mort. English. Subject(s): Death | Funeral rites and ceremonies -- HistoryDDC classification: 306.9 LOC classification: BD444 | .A67313NLM classification: BD 444
Contents:
Sleepers of stone -- The tame death -- Place of burial -- The death of self -- The hour of death: the final reckoning -- Guarantees of eternity -- Tombs and epitaphs -- Death untamed -- Remote and imminent death -- The turning of the tide -- The vanities -- The dead body -- The living dead -- The death of the other -- The age of the beautiful death -- The visit to the cemetery -- The invisible death -- Death denied -- Five variations on four themes.
Holdings
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Book Book Evangelische Theologische Faculteit Leuven Main Library BD 444 AIRE 2000 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 35678000277444

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Sleepers of stone -- The tame death -- Place of burial -- The death of self -- The hour of death: the final reckoning -- Guarantees of eternity -- Tombs and epitaphs -- Death untamed -- Remote and imminent death -- The turning of the tide -- The vanities -- The dead body -- The living dead -- The death of the other -- The age of the beautiful death -- The visit to the cemetery -- The invisible death -- Death denied -- Five variations on four themes.

Translation of L'homme devant la mort.