Rituals for the dead : religion and community in the Medieval University of Paris / William J. Courtenay.

Includes bibliographies and index.

Death in Paris -- The University's dead -- By whom the bells toll -- Allocating spiritual rewards: the power of the mass for the souls of the dead -- Virtus Missae and its development -- The money economy and the afterlife -- Candles for our Lady: the arts faculty nations as confraternities -- Candles in the ceremonies of the nations -- The churches of the nations -- Nations as confraternities -- Gaudy night: colleges and prayers for the dead -- Halls and colleges -- Medieval colleges and memorials for the dead -- Medieval colleges and Islamic Madrasas -- A hidden presence: Women and the University of Paris -- Women and higher education in the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries -- University wives -- Women in trades connected to the university -- Women as founders of colleges -- The growth of Marian devotion -- Dedications to the Virgin before 1200 -- The image of the Virgin on individual seals -- Marian devotion as evidenced in college statutes -- Marian iconography on magisterial seals.

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