In this book, Megan
McLaughlin explores the social and
cultural significance of prayer for the dead in the West
Frankish realm from the late eighth
century through the end of the
eleventh century. She argues that the
primary function of funerary and commemorative rituals in the early middle ages was to sustain the dead as members of the Christian community on earth, and to link them symbolically with the community of saints in heaven..
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