Churchyard and cemetery: Tradition and modernity in rural North Yorkshire

by Julie Rugg

This book explores, for the first time, the turbulent social history of churchyards and cemeteries over the last 150 years. Using sites from across rural North Yorkshire, the text examines the workings of the Burial Acts and discloses the ways in which religious politics framed burial management. It presents an alternative history of burial which questions notions of tradition and modernity, and challenges long-standing assumptions about changing...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0719089204
• ISBN13: 9780719089206
• Release Date: September 2013
• Publisher: Manchester University Press
• Length: 448 Pages
• Weight: 1.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.6" x 5.6" x 8.6"