embalming

Corpus more regio curatum. When a king dies: Medieval post-mortem care of the body.

Dvořáková, Daniela

The present study deals with how the bodies of deceased medieval kings and other significant persons were treated after death. The body of a monarch still represented royal majesty, which, according to the beliefs of the time, had been entrusted to him by God himself. Because royal majesty was seen as immortal, complex rites of passage were necessary for the burial of kings.

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