Dying prepared in medieval and early modern northern Europe / edited by Anu Lahtinen, Mia Korpiola.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Lahtinen, Anu, editor, contributor.

Korpiola, Mia, editor, contributor.

Series:

Northern world ; v. 82.

The Northern World : North Europe and the Baltic c. 400-1700 AD : Peoples, Economies and Cultures, 1569-1462 ; volume 82

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Death--Europe, Northern--History.

Death.

Death--Religious aspects--History.

Religion.

Death--Religious aspects.

History.

Europe, Northern--Religion.

Europe, Northern.

Northern Europe.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

ix, 211 pages ; 25 cm.

Place of Publication:

Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2018]

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.

Contents:

1 Introduction: Preparing for a Good Death in Medieval and Early Modern Northern Europe / Anu Lahtinen Lahtinen, Anu, Mia Korpiola Korpiola, Mia 1

2 Restless Dead or Peaceful Cadavers? Preparations for Death and Afterlife in Medieval Iceland / Kirsi Kanerva Kanerva, Kirsi 18

3 William Wykeham, Bishop of Winchester (1366-1404) and His Preparations for Death / Cindy Wood Wood, Cindy 44

4 "At Death's Door": The Authority of Deathbed Confessions in Medieval and Early Modern Swedish Law / Mia Korpiola Korpiola, Mia 65

5 The Concern for Salvation in the Cities of Lesser Poland in the Sixteenth Century / Dominika Burdzy Burdzy, Dominika 105

6 Death with an Agenda: Preparing for an Aristocratic Death in Reformation Sweden / Anu Lahtinen Lahtinen, Anu 124

7 Dying Unprepared in Early Modern Swedish Funeral Sermons / Otfried Czaika Czaika, Otfried 142

8 "Lord, have mercy on me": Spiritual Preparations for Suicide in Early Modern Sweden / Riikka Miettinen Miettinen, Riikka 160

9 Preparing for Death: Concluding Remarks / Bertil Nilsson Nilsson, Bertil 187.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Online version: Dying prepared in medieval and early modern northern Europe

ISBN:

9789004284890

9004284893

OCLC:

999672087