Death in Scotland - Chapters From the Twelfth Century to the Twenty-First (Paperback, New edition)

For the past twenty years, Scottish death culture has emerged as a focus of scholars drawn from a wide variety of disciplines. Death comes to us all but too often we treat it as a private or personal matter. The former taboo about death is slowly lifting and contemporary research is playing an increasing part. Accordingly, the fifteen essays gathered in this book probe the multi-facetted role of death in Scottish history and culture. They explore personal fears of death, anxieties about Predestination, prayers for the dead and the appeal of Spiritualism. They analyse the public face of death in law, economics and medicine: changes in capital punishment, funeral poverty, the teaching of anatomy and prevention of stillbirths. Within the worlds of religion and ritual, they consider the making of saints, burial practice following the Scottish Reformation and the tradition of keening within the Gaidhealtachd. With an Introduction by Professor Jane Dawson, these essays by specialists in the field not only highlight the richness of the primary sources for studying death in Scotland but reveal how death studies identify key features of Scottish life and society across ten centuries.

General

Imprint:	Peter Lang Inc., International Academic Publishers
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	Studies in the History and Culture of Scotland, 9
Release date:	June 2019
First published:	2019
Authors:	Peter C. Jupp • Hilary J. Grainger
Dimensions:	225 x 150mm (L x W)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	382
Edition:	New edition
ISBN-13:	978-1-78997-268-9
Categories:	Books > Humanities > History > Theory & methods > Historiography Books > Humanities > History > British & Irish history > General Books > Humanities > History > History of specific subjects > Social & cultural history Books > History > British & Irish history > General Books > History > History of specific subjects > Social & cultural history Books > History > Theory & methods > Historiography
LSN:	1-78997-268-X
Barcode:	9781789972689

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