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Author : Clare Gittings
Release : 1984
Genre : History
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Book Synopsis Death, Burial and the Individual in Early Modern England by : Clare Gittings
Download or read book Death, Burial and the Individual in Early Modern England written by Clare Gittings. This book was released on 1984. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Clare Gittings
Release : 2023-10-13
Genre : History
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Book Synopsis Death, Burial and the Individual in Early Modern England by : Clare Gittings
Download or read book Death, Burial and the Individual in Early Modern England written by Clare Gittings. This book was released on 2023-10-13. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First published in 1984, Death, Burial and the Individual in Early Modern England traces how and why the modern reaction to death has come about by examining English attitudes to death since the Middle Ages. In earlier centuries death was very much in the midst of life since it was not, as now, associated mainly with old age. War, plague and infant mortality gave it a very different aspect to its present one. The author shows in detail how modern concern with the individual has gradually alienated death from our society; the greater the emphasis on personal uniqueness, the more intense the anguish when an individual dies. Changes in attitudes to death are traced through alterations in funeral rituals, covering all sections of society from paupers to princes. This gracefully written book is a unique, scholarly and thorough treatment of the subject, providing both a sensitive insight into the feelings of people in early modern England and an explanation of the modern anxiety about death. The range and assurance of this book will commend it to historians and the interested general reader alike.
Author : Clare Gittings
Release : 1984
Genre : Funeral rites and ceremonies
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Book Synopsis Death, Burial and the Individual in Early Modern England by : Clare Gittings
Download or read book Death, Burial and the Individual in Early Modern England written by Clare Gittings. This book was released on 1984. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Philip Booth
Release : 2020-11-23
Genre : History
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Book Rating : 436/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis A Companion to Death, Burial, and Remembrance in Late Medieval and Early Modern Europe, c. 1300–1700 by : Philip Booth
Download or read book A Companion to Death, Burial, and Remembrance in Late Medieval and Early Modern Europe, c. 1300–1700 written by Philip Booth. This book was released on 2020-11-23. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This companion volume seeks to trace the development of ideas relating to death, burial, and the remembrance of the dead in Europe from ca.1300-1700.
Author : Bruce Gordon
Release : 2000-01-28
Genre : History
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Book Synopsis The Place of the Dead by : Bruce Gordon
Download or read book The Place of the Dead written by Bruce Gordon. This book was released on 2000-01-28. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume of essays provides a comprehensive treatment of a very significant component of the societies of late medieval and early modern Europe: the dead. It argues that to contemporaries the 'placing' of the dead, in physical, spiritual and social terms, was a vitally important exercise, and one which often involved conflict and complex negotiation. The contributions range widely geographically, from Scotland to Transylvania, and address a spectrum of themes: attitudes towards the corpse, patterns of burial, forms of commemoration, the treatment of dead infants, the nature of the afterlife and ghosts. Individually the essays help to illuminate several current historiographical concerns: the significance of the Black Death, the impact of the protestant and catholic Reformations, and interactions between 'elite' and 'popular' culture. Collectively, by exploring the social and cultural meanings of attitudes towards the dead, they provide insight into the way these past societies understood themselves.
