Forever after: the dead in the Avignonese confraternity of Notre Dame la Majour (1329–1381)
Joëlle Rollo‐Koster
Abstract Historians of confraternities have often defined them as extended surrogate families, regrouping the living and dead under their parentage. Death never unbound confraternal ties. It is purpose this paper to investigate whether or not, during late Middle Ages, `lived on' in large Avignonese confraternity Notre Dame la Majour. This investigation begins with a study association's early fourteenth-century statutes continues by quantifying lists names from matriculation books, order identify dead. Contrary prevailing notions, eliminated its group's records. Thus, why did bypass remembrance commemoration dead? The identity brothers partially answer question. association gathered numerous Italians, Florentine for most part, who had followed papal court Avignon. Majour granted civic recognition honour foreigners present city through ceremonies, funerary processions public appearances. But foremost, permitted recognize, relate each other.
Journal of Medieval History