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| | Amazon.com: The Pope's Body: Books: Agostino Paravicini-Bagliani,David S. Peterson |
 | | prolongatio vitae, pontifical goods, potestas papae, porphyry chairs, pontifical funeral, eternal pontiff, papal humility, burning the flax, retardatione accidentium senectutis, imitatio imperii, papal biographer, papal rite, ubi papa, papal vacancy, castrum doloris, physical mortality, funeral ceremonial, pars corporis, deceased popes, living pope, dying pope, ceremonial books, fact that the pope, elected pontiff, papal institution |
 | | Also included is a particular emphasis on the thirteenth century when, during the pontificate of Boniface VIII (1294-1303), the papal court became the focus of medicine and the natural sciences as physicians devised ways to protect the pope's health and prolong his life. |
 | | He studies the rituals, metaphors, and images of the pope's body as they developed over time and shows how they resulted in the expectation that the pope's body be simultaneously physical and metaphorical. |
| www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0226034372?v=glance (1050 words) |
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