Death, Religion, and the Family in England, 1480-1750

Name: Death, Religion, and the Family in England, 1480-1750
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ISBN: 9780198217619

ISBN-10: 0198217617

ISBN-13: 9780198217619

Edition: 1998

Authors: Ralph Houlbrooke

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Both the interest and importance of the social history of death have been increasingly recognized during the last thirty years. Here, Houlbrooke examines the impact 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 last rites. He also studies the wide 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 18th century. Houlbrooke shows how the need of the living to remember the dead remained important throughout the later medieval and early modern periods, even though…

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List price: $280.00
Copyright year: 1998
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 12/31/1998
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 450
Size: 5.43" wide x 8.50" long x 1.46" tall
Weight: 1.562
Language: English

Ralph Houlbrooke is Professor of Early Modern British History at the University of Reading, UK. He is the author of several books, including The English Family, 1450-1700.



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Introduction



The Face of Death



The Hereafter



Preparation for Death



The Making of Wills



Last Wills and Testaments: Form and Contents



Last Rites and the Craft of Dying



Good Deaths and Bad



Grief and Mourning



Funerals



Funeral Sermons



Burial and Commemoration


Conclusion



Berkshire And Norfolk Wills



Numbers Of Funeral Sermons Published


Bibliography


Index