Appearances of the dead : a cultural history of ghosts / R.C. Finucane
London : Junction Books, 1982. First Edition. Fine cloth copy in a near-fine, very slightly edge-dulled dust-wrapper. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Item #407734
ISBN: 0862450438
Physical description; vii, 232 pages : illustrations, facsimiles, portraits ; 23 cm. Notes; Includes bibliographical references and index. Contents;
Classical ghosts -- Christianity and early-Medieval revenants -- Purgatory, penance and the restless dead in the later Middle Ages -- Reformation controversies: demons and ghosts -- Baroque hauntings of the seventeenth century -- Enlightenment and 'atheism' -- The thirst for immortality -- Twentieth century ghosts. Subjects; Ghosts. Geesten.
Ghosts History.
Price: €125.00