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The English way of death : the common funeral since 1450

Litten, Julian1991
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The author takes the reader from the pomp of the post-medieval funeral to the anonymity of present day obsequies. The book examines the rise of undertaking as a trade and the changing etiquette which governed burial - lavish parades for the rich and interment in a woollen shroud for the poor.
Main title:
The English way of death : the common funeral since 1450 / Julian Litten.
Author:
Litten, Julian
Imprint:
London : Hale, 1991.
Collation:
[272]p. : ill. (some col.) ; 26cm.
ISBN:
9780709043508
Dewey class:
393.9393.0942393.90942RS393.909
Local class:
K393 LIT
Language:
English
Subject:
Funeral rites and ceremonies -- England -- HistoryUndertakers and undertaking -- England -- History
BRN:
1325686
Bookmark link:
https://richmond.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=1325686

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