Western Attitudes Toward Death: From the Middle Ages to the Present by Philippe Ariès

Western Attitudes Toward Death: From the Middle Ages to the Present

The Johns Hopkins Symposia in Comparative History

Philippe Ariès with Patricia Ranum (Translator), Patricia M. Ranum (Translator)

128 pages first pub 1974 (editions)

nonfiction history philosophy challenging informative reflective medium-paced
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Reveals the change in Western man's conception and acceptance of death as evidenced in customs, literature, and art since medieval times.

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