Titre
Procedures and Frequencies of Embalming and Heart Extractions in Modern Period in Brittany. Contribution to the Evolution of Ritual Funerary in Europe.
Type
article
Institution
UNIL/CHUV/Unisanté + institutions partenaires
Périodique
Auteur(s)
Colleter, R.
Auteure/Auteur
Dedouit, F.
Auteure/Auteur
Duchesne, S.
Auteure/Auteur
Mokrane, F.Z.
Auteure/Auteur
Gendrot, V.
Auteure/Auteur
Gérard, P.
Auteure/Auteur
Dabernat, H.
Auteure/Auteur
Crubézy, É.
Auteure/Auteur
Telmon, N.
Auteure/Auteur
Liens vers les personnes
Liens vers les unités
ISSN
1932-6203
Statut éditorial
Publié
Date de publication
2016
Volume
11
Numéro
12
Première page
e0167988
Peer-reviewed
Oui
Langue
anglais
Notes
Publication types: Journal Article
Publication Status: epublish
Publication Status: epublish
Résumé
The evolution of funeral practices from the Middle Ages through the Modern era in Europe is generally seen as a process of secularization. The study, through imaging and autopsy, of two mummies, five lead urns containing hearts, and more than six hundred skeletons of nobles and clergymen from a Renaissance convent in Brittany has led us to reject this view. In addition to exceptional embalming, we observed instances in which hearts alone had been extracted, a phenomenon that had never before been described, and brains alone as well, and instances in which each spouse's heart had been placed on the other's coffin. In some identified cases we were able to establish links between the religious attitudes of given individuals and either ancient Medieval practices or more modern ones generated by the Council of Trent. All of these practices, which were a function of social status, were rooted in religion. They offer no evidence of secularization whatsoever.
PID Serval
serval:BIB_93FCBF0794A6
PMID
Open Access
Oui
Date de création
2017-01-03T16:44:45.304Z
Date de création dans IRIS
2025-05-21T04:53:18Z
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pmid28030554.pdf
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published
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Adobe PDF
PID Serval
serval:BIB_93FCBF0794A6.P001
URN
urn:nbn:ch:serval-BIB_93FCBF0794A61
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