Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. List of Illustrations and Figures vii
4. Acknowledgements ix
5. Abbreviations x
6. Introduction: Staking out Aristocratic Identities at Roncevaux 1
7. Chapter 1 Death and the Cadaver: Visions of Corruption 13
8. Chapter 2 Embodying Nobility: Aristocratic Men and the Ideal Body 33
9. Chapter 3 Here Lies Nobility: Aristocratic Bodies in Death 57
10. Chapter 4 Shrouded in Ambiguity: Decay and Incorruptibility of the Body 75
11. Chapter 5 Corruption of Nobility: Treason and the Aristocratic Traitor1 96
12. Chapter 6 Dying in Shame: Destroying Aristocratic Identities 115
13. Conclusion: Death and the Noble Body 137
14. Appendix 1 141
15. Appendix 2 150
16. Bibliography 155
17. Index 179