Making Space for the Dead

The dead of Paris, before the French Revolution, were most often consigned to mass graveyards that contemporaries described as terrible and terrifying, emitting "putrid miasmas" that were a threat to both health and dignity. In a book that is at once wonderfully macabre and exceptionally informative, Erin-Marie Legacey explores how a new burial...

Mortii Parisului, inainte de Revolutia Franceza, erau de cele mai multe ori indrumati in cimitire in masa pe care contemporanii le-au descris ca fiind teribile si terifiante, emitand „miasme putride”, care erau o amenintare atat pentru sanatate, cat si pentru demnitate. Intr-o carte care este in acelasi timp minunat de macabra si extrem de informativa, Erin-Marie Legacey exploreaza modul in care o noua inmormantare ...