Death in England: An Illustrated History Paperback - 1999
by Peter Jupp (Editor); Clare Gittings (Editor)
From the rear cover
Death in England provides the first ever social history of death from the earliest times 500,000 BC to Diana, Princess of Wales.. The book reveals how attitudes, practices and beliefs about death have undergone constant change: how, why and at what ages people died; plagues and violence; wills and deathbeds; funerals and memorials; beliefs and bereavement.. Richly illustrated - striking and often very powerful images.. In time with the spirit of the age and coming Millenium key scholars in their field write on their respective periods.. With the recent upturn of popular interest in death - through films, TV, books and newspapers - this book will prove stimulating to the general reader; to students of archaeology, art, history, medicine and sociology
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Death in England provides the first ever social history of death from the earliest times 500,000 BC to Diana, Princess of Wales.. The book reveals how attitudes, practices and beliefs about death have undergone constant change: how, why and at what ages people died; plagues and violence; wills and deathbeds; funerals and memorials; beliefs and bereavement.. Richly illustrated - striking and often very powerful images.. In time with the spirit of the age and coming Millenium key scholars in their field write on their respective periods.. With the recent upturn of popular interest in death - through films, TV, books and newspapers - this book will prove stimulating to the general reader; to students of archaeology, art, history, medicine and sociology.
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- Title Death in England: An Illustrated History
- Author Peter Jupp (Editor); Clare Gittings (Editor)
- Binding Paperback
- Edition Ill
- Pages 304
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Manchester University Press, Manchester
- Date 1999-12-13
- Illustrated Yes
- Features Illustrated
- ISBN 9780719058110 / 0719058112
- Weight 1.13 lbs (0.51 kg)
- Dimensions 9.61 x 6.69 x 0.67 in (24.41 x 16.99 x 1.70 cm)
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Themes
- Cultural Region: British
- Topical: Death/Dying
- Dewey Decimal Code 393
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