Contents Acknowledgements Introduction p. 1 Chapter 1 - The Land and the Village. Introduction p. 8 A. The village territory. p. 9 B. The church and the village. p. 15 C. The house as a piece of territory. p. 21 Conclusion p.25 Chapter 2 - The outlying chapels. Introduction p.26 A. The outlying chapels and the village territory. p.27 B. The outlying chapels and the village festivals. p.38 Conclusion p.44 Chapter 3 - The Outlying Chapels as Symbols of Life and Death. Introduction p.45 A. Outlying chapels and the memory of death in space, place and iconography.p.46 B. The bi-niche outlying chapels. p.51 C. Death and life in the ritual. p.57 Conclusion p. 60 Conclusion____________________________________p.61 Bibliography p.65 List of Illustrations Illustrations