Blanken, Anne Hilde
(2020)
Assistance in Dying: Accounts of guidance before and at death in Late Medieval Vitae.
Master thesis, M Religion and Cultural Heritage.
Abstract
In the Late Middle Ages, a great number of works were written that focused on themes related to death. When looking at these late medieval sources, studies have often focused on the popular Ars moriendi genre. Other popular genres, such as the lives of the saints and the biographies of members of religious communities, have received less attention. In this thesis, I will argue for the relevance of these other genres, by analysing three different late medieval Middle Dutch biographies. Two of them are saints’ lives, and the other is a collection of lives of sisters that were part of the Devotio Moderna network. I argue for the relevance of these texts by focusing on how they describe different themes related to assistance in dying, since this is in essence the focus of the Ars moriendi. In addition to this, a comparison between the descriptions of the guidelines presented in the lives and in a Middle Dutch Ars moriendi text will be provided, where it will be analysed on what points they are similar and where discrepancies can be found. Reasons for the discrepancies and arguments concerning the relevance of the texts in relation to literature on death will be given.
| Type: |
Thesis
(Master)
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| Supervisors (RUG): |
| Supervisor | E-mail | Tutor organization | Tutor email |
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| Dijk, M. van | | Faculteit GGW, Cultuurgeschiedenis van het Christendom | Mathilde.van.Dijk@rug.nl | | Jedan, C. | | Faculteit GGW, Cultuurgeschiedenis van het Christendom | C.Jedan@rug.nl |
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| Degree programme: |
M Religion and Cultural Heritage |
| Academic year: |
2019-2020 |
| Date of delivery: |
08 Apr 2021 13:44 |
| Last modified: |
08 Apr 2021 13:44 |
| URI: |
https://ggw.studenttheses.ub.rug.nl/id/eprint/580 |
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