SCHIMBĂRI ÎN MENTALITATEA RITUALULUI DE ÎNMORMÂNTARE ÎN SECOLELE VII-XI P. CHR.
CHANGES IN THE MENTALITY OF THE FUNERAL RITUAL IN THE 7-11TH CENTURIES P. CHR.

Summary/Abstract: The Christianization of the population from Dobrogea was a long and quite difficult process. Of course, with the adoption of the new religion, funeral behavior underwent a significant change, coordinated by symbolism and by the teachings of Holly Scripture. Researchers' attention is still focused on aspects of specific Christian burial rites and rituals, namely the way in which the transition from cremation to burial was made, the way in which a series of pagan funeral practices were taken over and the stages of the process of replacing ancient rituals with those of the new religions. Overall, it is possible to make a man renounce his own beliefs in order to be integrated into society and in the sacred space, but you cannot make him forget his ethnic origin and the customs worn by generations, and so, some pagan customs have been metamorphosed into rituals. Christian.

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