Displaying of death and afterlife in the Middle Ages and the Modern Ages in foreign and Belarusian historiography

  • Nina V. Stakhno Belarusian State University, 4 Niezaliežnasci Avenue, Minsk 220030, Belarus

Abstract

The paper discusses history researches on death perception in the Middle Ages and the Modern Ages. It outlines the range of problems that have been developed over the study period. The author pays attention on fact, that problem of a death originally belonged to the archaeologists’ and anthropologists’ sphere of interest, while for historians it remained taboo for a long time. As a result of the work we have come to several conclusions: firstly, in world historiography peak interest in the problems observed in the late 1970s – early 1980s. Our nearest neighbors have it in the 1990s. In our country this theme is waiting for its researcher. Secondly, despite of the literature diversity, we cannot assert that the subject matter disclosed from different aspects and requires only a generalization of accumulated knowledge. Most of the works have their own significant specifics; the authors rarely refer to the theme of death perception and the connotation of books and artistic works with the mentality.

Author Biography

Nina V. Stakhno, Belarusian State University, 4 Niezaliežnasci Avenue, Minsk 220030, Belarus

postgraduate student at the department of Belarus history of the Ancient time and the Middle ages, faculty of history

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Published
2017-03-30
Keywords: historiography, mentality, death, afterlife, the Middle Ages, the Modern Ages
How to Cite
Stakhno N. V. Displaying of death and afterlife in the Middle Ages and the Modern Ages in foreign and Belarusian historiography // Journal of the Belarusian State University. History. 2017. 1. PP. 83-88.