Dying Death Burial And Commemoration In Reformation Europe

Download or read book Dying, Death, Burial and Commemoration in Reformation Europe written by Dr Jonathan Willis and published by Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.. This book was released on 2015-06-28 with total page 249 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In recent years, the rituals and beliefs associated with the end of life have increasingly been identified as being of critical importance in understanding the social and cultural impact of the Reformation. This interdisciplinary collection draws together essays from historians, literary scholars, musicologists and others working at the cutting edge of research in this area to provide an historiographical overview of recent work on dying, death and burial in Reformation and Counter-Reformation Europe.