Vivanco, Laura. Death in fifteenth century Castile : ideologies of the elites

General notes

Includes bibliographical references (p. 190-204) and index

Contents

I. Introduction -- II. Types of death -- Introduction -- The oradores: Christianity and the good death -- The defensores: good death in battle -- Bad deaths -- Sudden deaths as a result of an outside agency -- Deaths imposed by the judicial system -- Self-inflicted deaths -- Conclusion -- III. The afterlife -- The oradores and the afterlife -- God and the devil -- Heaven, hell, and purgatory -- The defensores and the vida de la fama -- Conclusion -- IV. The bereaved -- Introduction -- The oradores: ritual and remembrance -- Defensores and the mingling of secular and sacred in funeral customs -- Consolation and the oradores' opposition to excessive grief -- Fortaleza, grief, and the defensores -- Grief and gender -- Grief and social status -- Conclusion -- V. Conclusion -- Introduction -- Oradores -- Defensores -- Conflict and co-existence