Death in the Middle Ages Author:T. S. R. Boase Death was very real in the Middle Ages. It was everywhere. It was public and brutal and could not be ignored or concealed. Thus it is natural that medieval man thought about death a great deal--why it came, how it should be faced, what came after it--and that his way of life and his values were influenced by it. — In the first part of this study,... more » Dr. Boase examines the grim reality of death: in battle, by execution, an by the plague. He follows with burial customs. The exquisite tombs, monuments, and splendid chantry chapels that remain are silent witnesses to the lavish ceremonies and pageantry which were prevalent...« less