«When I think about the death I cry…»: the image of death at the Russian mentality of 17th century

Abstract

A modification of the attitude to death and peculiarities of perception of it to man are marking the transition from the Middle Ages to the New Time. In the article under comparison are macabre images of cultures of Europe of the 15th century and Russia of the 17th century. It is permitting pick out general outlines of the medieval Christian culture and bring to light the originality of national picture of universe.