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Remembering the Dead. Collective Memory and Commemoration in Late Medieval Livonia
, Brepols, 2023 Hardback, 318 pages, Size:178 x 254 mm, Illustrations:14 b/w, 3 tables b/w., Language: English. ISBN 9782503591193.
Summary Medieval memoria - the commemoration of the dead - was both a form of collective memory and a social practice present in every sphere of life. It shaped identities and constituted groups, and thus the study of commemorative practices can tell us a great deal about medieval communities. This study shows the importance of memoria as a form of collective memory for different groups and institutions: city government and guilds, the Teutonic Order, bishops and cathedral chapters, and monastic communities, in late medieval Livonia (present-day Latvia and Estonia). TABLE OF CONTENTS Introduction Chapter 1. Remembering Origins Chapter 2. Commemoration of a Group and its Leaders Chapter 3. Networks of Memory - Livonia and Beyond Chapter 4. Conflict and Memory Chapter 5. Memoria and Urban Elites Chapter 6. Memoria and the Non-elites Chapter 7. Reformation and Memoria Conclusion
