| Death, Religion, and the Family in England, 1480-1750 Revised Edition Contributor(s): Houlbrooke, Ralph (Author) |
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ISBN: 0198208766 ISBN-13: 9780198208761 Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA OUR PRICE: $75.05 Product Type: Paperback Published: November 2000 Annotation: 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 its justification and means of expression were altered. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Europe - Great Britain - General - Social Science | Death & Dying - Language Arts & Disciplines | Linguistics - General |
| Dewey: 393.094 |
| Lexile Measure: 1420 |
| Physical Information: 1.01" H x 5.5" W x 8.5" (1.26 lbs) 452 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - British Isles - Topical - Death/Dying |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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 its justification and means of expression were altered. |
