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Title Dying prepared in medieval and early modern northern Europe / edited by Anu Lahtinen, Mia Korpiola
Published Boston : Brill, 2017

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Series The northern world : North Europe and the Baltic c. 400-1700 AD : peoples, economies and cultures, 1569-1462 ; v. 82
Northern world : North Europe and the Baltic c. 400-1700 AD : peoples, economies and cultures ; v. 82
Contents Dying Prepared in Medieval and Early Modern Northern Europe -- Copyright -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Notes on Contributors -- 1 Introduction: Preparing for a Good Death in Medieval and Early Modern Northern Europe -- 2 Restless Dead or Peaceful Cadavers? Preparations for Death and Afterlife in Medieval Iceland -- 3 William Wykeham, Bishop of Winchester (1366â#x80;#x93;1404) and His Preparations for Death -- 4 â#x80;#x9C;At Deathâ#x80;#x99;s Doorâ#x80;#x9D;: The Authority of Deathbed Confessions in Medieval and Early Modern Swedish Law
5 The Concern for Salvation in the Cities of Lesser Poland in the Sixteenth Century6 Death with an Agenda: Preparing for an Aristocratic Death in Reformation Sweden -- 7 Dying Unprepared in Early Modern Swedish Funeral Sermons -- 8 â#x80;#x9C;Lord, have mercy on meâ#x80;#x9D;: Spiritual Preparations for Suicide in Early Modern Sweden -- 9 Preparing for Death: Concluding Remarks -- Select Bibliography
Summary How did people of the past prepare for death, and how were their preparations affected by religious beliefs or social and economic responsibilities? Dying Prepared in Medieval and Early Modern Northern Europe analyses the various ways in which people made preparations for death in medieval and early modern Northern Europe, adapting religious teachings to local circumstances. The articles span the period from the Middle Ages to Early Modernity allowing an analysis over centuries of religious change that are too often artificially separated in historical study. Contributors are Dominika Burdzy, Otfried Czaika, Kirsi Kanerva, Mia Korpiola, Anu Lahtinen, Riikka Miettinen, Bertil Nilsson, and Cindy Wood
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
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Subject Death -- Europe, Northern -- History
Death -- Religious aspects -- History
Death
Death -- Religious aspects
Religion
SUBJECT Europe, Northern -- Religion
Subject Northern Europe
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
Author Lahtinen, Anu
ISBN 9789004352377
9004352376