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The Legend of the Three Living and the Three Dead : The Development of the Macabre in Late Medieval England

Creator:

Sandeno, Robin M.

Abstract:

Many authorities state that the development of macabre images were a result of the plague that first swept through western Europe 1347-1350. However, many aspects of the macabre were already in place prior to the plague. A more realistic explanation for the macabre is in the modification of religious belief,...

Resource Type:

Masters Thesis

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