Dying, Death, Burial and Commemoration in Reformation Europe

by Elizabeth C. Tingle and Jonathan Willis

In recent years, the rituals and beliefs associated with the end of life and the commemoration of the dead have increasingly been identified as of critical importance in understanding the social and cultural impact of the Reformation. The associated processes of dying, death and burial inevitably generated heightened emotion and a strong concern for religious propriety: the ways in which funerary customs were accepted, rejected, modified and contested...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1032925663
• ISBN13: 9781032925660
• Release Date: October 2024
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 242 Pages