Evidence gleaned from archaeology sheds dramatic new light on
religious practices and identities between the later sixteenth and
the nineteenth centuries. The post-medieval period was one of
profound religious and cultural change, of sometimes violent
religious conflict and of a dramatic growth in religious pluralism.
The essays collected here, in what is the first book to focus onthe
material evidence, demonstrate the significant contribution that
archaeology can make to a deeper understanding of religion. They
take a broad interdisciplinary approach to the spatial and material
context of religious life, using buildings and landscapes,
religious objects and excavated cemeteries, alongside cartographic
and documentary sources, to reveal the complexity of religious
practices and identities in varied regions of post-medieval
Britain,Europe and the wider world. Topics covered include the
transformation of religious buildings and landscapes in the
centuries after the European Reformation, the role of religious
minorities and immigrant groups in early modern cities, the
architectural and landscape context of eighteenth and
nineteenth-century nonconformity, and the development of
post-medieval burial practices and funerary customs. Offering a
unique perspective on the material remains ofthe post-medieval
period, this volume will be of significant value to archaeologists
and historians interested in the religious and cultural
transformation of the early modern world. Contributors: Chris King,
Duncan Sayer, Andrew Spicer, Philippa Woodcock, Matthias Range,
Simon Roffey, Greig Parker, Jeremy Lake, Eric Berry, Peter Herring,
Claire Strachan, Peter Benes, Diana Mahoney-Swales, Richard
O'Neill, Hugh Willmott, Natasha Powers, Adrian Miles, Anwen Cedifor
Caffell, Rachel Clarke, Rosie Morris
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