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The afterlife in ancient and medieval thought

This Library course guide will help students identify research related to historical beliefs in the afterlife, covering the Ancient Near East, the Greco-Roman world, and Medieval societies.

Course Number: HI358

Subject: History

Background

Gazis, George Alexander, and Anthony Hooper. Aspects of Death and the Afterlife in Greek Literature. Liverpool: Liverpool University Press, 2021.

Scholarly sources

Secondary Sources

Books

  • Search Omni - items at Laurier and other Omni libraries
    • sample Omni results
    • on left-hand side of results screen, limit to Books & eEbooks, or Book Chapters
    • all the bibliographic content of our Proquest Ebooks is included in Omni, although you can search across the entire full-text content by visiting the ebook site.

Articles

  • Search Omni - items at Laurier
    • on left-hand side of results screen, limit to Articles
    • All the bibliographic content of JSTOR, Project Muse, and Scholars Portal Journals is included in Omni, although you can search across the entire full-text content by visiting the ejournal sites.

Omni searches all disciplines, so results lists can often be difficult to sift through. Try a subject-specific database for more refined results. You might have to link out of the database to find the full text (e.g., Get it @ Laurier)

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