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Dances of death: macabre mirrors of an unequal society

2012; Springer Science+Business Media; Volume: 57; Issue: 6 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1007/s00038-012-0381-x

1661-8564

Johan P. Mackenbach, Rolf Paul Dreier,

Health disparities and outcomes

Between 1400 and 1800, Dances of Death were a popular art form depicting a metaphorical encounter between Death and representatives of a stratified human society. We review the thematic development of Dances of Death and study the development of social critique.