Death, Religion, and the Family in England, 1480-1750Clarendon Press, 2000 - 435 pages The interest and importance of the social history of death have been increasingly recognized during the last thirty years. Ralph Houlbrooke examines the effects of religious change on the English `way of death' between 1480 and 1750. He discusses relatively neglected aspects of the subject, such as the death-bed, will making, and the last rites. He also examines the rich variety of commemorative media and practices and is the first to describe the development of the English funeral sermon between the late Middle Ages and the eighteenth century. Dr Houlbrooke shows how the need of the living to remember the dead remained important throughout the later medieval and early modern periods, even though its justification and means of expression changed. |
Table des matières
Introduction | 1 |
The Face of Death | 5 |
The Hereafter | 28 |
Preparation for Death | 57 |
The Making of Wills | 81 |
Last Wills and Testaments Form and Contents | 110 |
Last Rites and the Craft of Dying | 147 |
Good Deaths and Bad | 183 |
Funerals | 255 |
Funeral Sermons | 295 |
Burial and Commemoration | 331 |
Conclusion | 372 |
Appendices | 385 |
Bibliography | 389 |
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Grief and Mourning | 220 |
Autres éditions - Tout afficher
Death, Religion, and the Family in England, 1480-1750 Ralph Anthony Houlbrooke Affichage d'extraits - 1998 |
Death, Religion, and the Family in England, 1480-1750 Ralph Anthony Houlbrooke Affichage d'extraits - 1998 |
Expressions et termes fréquents
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