Mirrors of mortality : studies in the social history of death / edited by Joachim Whaley.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Whaley, Joachim.

Series:

Social history of human experience

Social history of human experience.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Death--Social aspects--History.

Death.

Death--Social aspects.

History.

Physical Description:

viii, 252 pages, 6 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

New York : St. Martin's Press, 1982, c1981.

Contents:

To die and enter the House of Hades / Christiane Sourvinou-Inwood

Sacred corpse, profane carrion / R.C. Finucane

From public to private, the royal funerals in England, 1500-1830 / Paul S. Fritz

Symbolism for the survivors / Joachim Whaley

Death and the French historians / John McManners

Sentiment and antiquity / David Irwin

From ritual to ceremony / C.A. Bayly

War and death, grief and mourning in modern Britain / David Cannadine.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0312534418 :

OCLC:

7948567