Speaking with the Dead in Early America by Erik R. Seeman

Speaking with the Dead in Early America

Early American Studies

Erik R. Seeman

344 pages missing pub info (editions)

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In late medieval Catholicism, mourners employed an array of practices to maintain connection with the deceased--most crucially, the belief in purgatory, a middle place between heaven and hell where souls could be helped by the actions of the livin...

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