Death, Burial and Commemoration in Ireland, 1550-1650
Format:Paperback
Publisher:Palgrave Macmillan
Published:1st Jan '02
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This book is the first detailed examination of death in early modern Ireland. It further considers ways in which the living fashioned ceremonies of death and the reputations of the dead to support their own ends. It will be of interest to those concerned with Irish history and death studies generally.This book is the first detailed examination of death in early modern Ireland. It deals with the process of dying, the conduct of funerals, the arrangement of burials, the private and public commemoration of the dead, and ideas about the afterlife. It further considers ways in which the living fashioned ceremonies of death and the reputations of the dead to support their own ends. It will be of interest to those concerned with Irish history and death studies generally.
ISBN: 9781349432714
Dimensions: unknown
Weight: 454g
229 pages
1st ed. 2002