Ritual, belief and the dead in early modern Britain and Ireland

"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...

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Main Author: Tarlow, Sarah 1967- (Author)
Format: Print Book
Language:English
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Published: New York, NY [u.a.] Cambridge Univ. Press 2011
In:Year: 2011
Reviews:Ritual, belief and the dead in early modern Britain and Ireland. By Sarah Tarlow. Pp. xii+226 incl. 34 ills. New York–Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2011. £55. 978 0 521 76154 3 (2013) (Houlbrooke, Ralph)
Edition:1. publ.
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Great Britain / Ireland / Funeral rite / Corpse / Traditional medicine / Remedy / Death cult / Necropsy (Medicine) / History 1500-1700
Further subjects:B Human remains (Archaeology) (Great Britain)
B Funeral rites and ceremonies (Ireland)
B Dead Social aspects Ireland
B Human remains (Archaeology) Great Britain
B Dead Social aspects Great Britain
B Funeral rites and ceremonies Great Britain
B Human body Social aspects Ireland
B Funeral rites and ceremonies (Great Britain)
B Human Body Social aspects (Great Britain)
B Dead Social aspects (Great Britain)
B Human remains (Archaeology) (Ireland)
B Human Body Social aspects (Ireland)
B Human remains (Archaeology) Ireland
B Ireland Antiquities
B Great Britain Antiquities
B Dead Social aspects (Ireland)
B Funeral rites and ceremonies Ireland
B Ireland Antiquities
B Human body Social aspects Great Britain
B Great Britain Antiquities
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