This volume examines the effects of religious change on the English way of death between 1480 and 1750. It discusses relatively neglected aspects of the subject

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Religion and life cycles in early modern England assembles scholars working in the fields of history, English literature and art history to further our understa

This is the first comprehensive study of one of the most important aspects of the Reformation in England: its impact on the status of the dead. Protestant refor

Drawing on archaeological, historical, theological, scientific and folkloric sources, Sarah Tarlow's interdisciplinary study examines belief as it relates to th