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The Dance of Death in the Middle Ages: Image, Text, Performance. by Elina Gertsman. 2010. Turnhout, Belgium: Brepols. 356 pp., 149 b/w ill. + 45 color ill., 4 fold-outs, appendices, bibliography, notes, index, € 85.00 (approx. $125), cloth.

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 August 2012

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Dance Research Journal , Volume 44 , Issue 2 , Winter 2012 , pp. 103 - 109
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