Riflessioni sul rapporto tra sepolture e cattedrali nell’alto medioevo

In this work we analyze using the archaeological evidence the use of early medieval northern italian cathedrals as burial places, trying to understand above all: 1) from which moment these complexes began to be used as funerary space; 2) who was buried in these places and finally 3) what motives brought the population to abandon the suburban cemeteries to be buried inside of the cathedrals and other urban churches.