|
Books > History > History of specific subjects > Social & cultural history
|
Buy Now
Ritual, Belief and the Dead in Early Modern Britain and Ireland (Paperback)
Loot Price: R1,284
Discovery Miles 12 840
|
|
|
Ritual, Belief and the Dead in Early Modern Britain and Ireland (Paperback)
Expected to ship within 12 - 19 working days
|
Drawing on archaeological, historical, theological, scientific and
folkloric sources, Sarah Tarlow's interdisciplinary study examines
belief as it relates to the dead body in early modern Britain and
Ireland. From the theological discussion of bodily resurrection to
the folkloric use of body parts as remedies, and from the judicial
punishment of the corpse to the ceremonial interment of the social
elite, this book discusses how seemingly incompatible beliefs about
the dead body existed in parallel through this tumultuous period.
This study, which is the first to incorporate archaeological
evidence of early modern death and burial from across Britain and
Ireland, addresses new questions about the materiality of death:
what the dead body means, and how its physical substance could be
attributed with sentience and even agency. It provides a
sophisticated original interpretive framework for the growing
quantities of archaeological and historical evidence about mortuary
beliefs and practices in early modernity.
General
Is the information for this product incomplete, wrong or inappropriate?
Let us know about it.
Does this product have an incorrect or missing image?
Send us a new image.
Is this product missing categories?
Add more categories.
Review This Product
No reviews yet - be the first to create one!
|
You might also like..
|
Email address subscribed successfully.
A activation email has been sent to you.
Please click the link in that email to activate your subscription.
Welcome to Loot.co.za!
Sign in / Register |Wishlists & Gift Vouchers |Help | Advanced search
