Sammendrag
The consequence of the Black Death on burial traditions and testators was not first apparent in medieval Europe. It was not until the plague reoccurred in the 1360s that its cultural impacts could be seen. Now a so-called cult of remembrance" can be seen in how the number and specificity of testators and memorials changed. Before the plague, donations on the behest of the departed were often spread out on several causes. After the plague, the donations were often given to a single of few causes, with the name of the individual and their family displayed for all to see.
It had become much more important to be remembered as an individual or select group.
It seemed that in the 1360s, the fate and the anonymity of the mass graves of the 1340s still loomed large in the collective minds of the survivors.