The Cemetery and Ossuary at Sedlec near Kutná Hora: Reflections on the Agency of the Dead.

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Výsledek na webu

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DOI - Digital Object Identifier

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Jazyk výsledku

angličtina

Název v původním jazyce

The Cemetery and Ossuary at Sedlec near Kutná Hora: Reflections on the Agency of the Dead.

Popis výsledku v původním jazyce

This chapter exposes multiple contextual layers in the historical background of the famous Ossuary at Sedlec in the Czech Republic. The Cistercian monastery of Sedlec was founded in the twelfth century and its importance soon increased together with the expansion of silver mining in the nearby town of Kutná Hora. According to a later legendary narrative, soil brought from the Holy Land was scattered across the monastic cemetery, which made this place an attractive destination for the burial of countless corpses in the course of the following centuries. The enormous amount of human remains in individual as well as mass graves led to the establishment of the Ossuary, which was rearranged several times, most recently in the second half of the nineteenth century. A variety of folk tales tell of the miraculous deeds of the bones and their special powers. Being conveniently located in the buffer zone of the UNESCO World Heritage Site of Kutná Hora, today crowds of tourists appreciate the macabre use of hum

Název v anglickém jazyce

The Cemetery and Ossuary at Sedlec near Kutná Hora: Reflections on the Agency of the Dead.

Popis výsledku anglicky

This chapter exposes multiple contextual layers in the historical background of the famous Ossuary at Sedlec in the Czech Republic. The Cistercian monastery of Sedlec was founded in the twelfth century and its importance soon increased together with the expansion of silver mining in the nearby town of Kutná Hora. According to a later legendary narrative, soil brought from the Holy Land was scattered across the monastic cemetery, which made this place an attractive destination for the burial of countless corpses in the course of the following centuries. The enormous amount of human remains in individual as well as mass graves led to the establishment of the Ossuary, which was rearranged several times, most recently in the second half of the nineteenth century. A variety of folk tales tell of the miraculous deeds of the bones and their special powers. Being conveniently located in the buffer zone of the UNESCO World Heritage Site of Kutná Hora, today crowds of tourists appreciate the macabre use of hum

Druh

C - Kapitola v odborné knize

CEP obor

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OECD FORD obor

60102 - Archaeology

Projekt

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Návaznosti

R - Projekt Ramcoveho programu EK

Rok uplatnění

2022

Kód důvěrnosti údajů

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Název knihy nebo sborníku

Interdisciplinary Explorations of Postmortem Interaction. Bioarchaeology and Social Theory

ISBN

978-3-031-03956-0

Počet stran výsledku

27

Strana od-do

269-295

Počet stran knihy

317

Název nakladatele

Springer

Místo vydání

Springer, Cham

Kód UT WoS kapitoly

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