Birth, marriage, and death : ritual, religion, and the life-cycle in Tudor and Stuart England / David Cressy.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Cressy, David.

Contributor:

Horace Howard Furness Memorial Fund.

Horace Howard Furness Memorial Library (University of Pennsylvania)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Church of England.

History.

Rites and ceremonies.

Funeral rites and ceremonies.

Marriage customs and rites.

Birth customs.

England--Social life and customs--16th century.

England.

Manners and customs.

England--Social life and customs--17th century.

Birth customs--England--History.

Marriage customs and rites--England--History.

Funeral rites and ceremonies--England--History.

Rites and ceremonies--England--History--16th century.

Rites and ceremonies--England--History--17th century.

Church of England--Rituals--History.

Physical Description:

xv, 641 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Other Title:

Ritual, religion, and the life-cycle in Tudor and Stuart England

Place of Publication:

Oxford [Eng.] : Oxford University Press, 1997.

Summary:

From childbirth and baptism through to courtship, weddings, and funerals, every stage in the life-cycle of Tudor and Stuart England was accompanied by ritual. Even under the protestantism of the reformed Church, the spiritual and social dramas of birth, marriage, and death were graced with elaborate ceremony. Powerful and controversial protocols were in operation, shaped and altered by the influences of the Reformation, the Revolution, and the Restoration.

Contents:

Birth

Baptism

Churching

Courtship

Marriage

Death.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [587]-624) and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Horace Howard Furness Memorial Fund.

ISBN:

0198201680

OCLC:

37144322