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Funerary Culture and Modernisation in the State of Luxembourg (1800-2000)
Kolnberger, Thomas
2017In Revue Belge de Philologie et d'Histoire, 95, p. 849-874
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Keywords :
Funerary Culture; Modernisation; Luxembourg; Kulturkampf; 1800-2000; small state
Abstract :
[en] This article discusses funerary politics in relationship to the political culture of the small state of Luxembourg in northwest Europe during the age of modernisation. During the long nineteenth century, the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg experienced several political changes which affected sepulcral culture, but this did not lead to a 'Kulturkampf' over cemeteries between the Church and the State as is occurred in neighbouring countries. Disputes were resolved at the local level. We apply small power theory to explain the relatively harmonious co-existence of State power with the Catholic clergy, and hightlight the important role of local government. For the top-down introduction of cremation, we need ot change scale and focus on an urban elite setting the national agenda. Luxembourg was one of the last member states of the European Union to place body/earth burial andd cremation on an equal legal footing and its own 'national' crematorium only opened in the 1990s.
Research center :
Institute for History - IPSE
Disciplines :
History
Author, co-author :
Kolnberger, Thomas ;  University of Luxembourg > Faculty of Language and Literature, Humanities, Arts and Education (FLSHASE) > Identités, Politiques, Sociétés, Espaces (IPSE)
External co-authors :
no
Language :
English
Title :
Funerary Culture and Modernisation in the State of Luxembourg (1800-2000)
Publication date :
2017
Journal title :
Revue Belge de Philologie et d'Histoire
ISSN :
0035-0818
Publisher :
Fondation universitaire, Bruxelles, Belgium
Volume :
95
Pages :
849-874
Peer reviewed :
Peer reviewed
FnR Project :
FNR8333105 - Material Culture And Spaces Of Remembrance. A Study Of Cemeteries In Luxembourg In The Context Of The Greater Region, 2014 (01/08/2015-31/07/2018) - Sonja Kmec
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