Learning to Die in London, 1380-1540.
Title:
Learning to Die in London, 1380-1540.
Author:
Appleford, Amy.
ISBN:
9780812290479
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (337 pages)
Series:
The Middle Ages Series
Contents:
Cover -- Learning to Die in London, 1380-1540 -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Note on Quotations -- Introduction -- Chapter 1. Spiritual Governance and the Lay Household: The Visitation of the Sick -- Chapter 2. Dying Generations: The Dance of Death -- Chapter 3. Self-Care and Lay Asceticism: Learn to Die -- Chapter 4. Wounded Texts and Worried Readers: The Book of the Craft of Dying -- Chapter 5. The Exercise of Death in Henrician England -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- Acknowledgments.
Abstract:
Learning to Die in London, 1380-1540 argues that the educated awareness of death and mortality was a vital aspect of the city's civic culture, critical not only to the shaping of single lives and the management of households but also to practices of cultural memory, building of institutions, and good government of the city itself.
Local Note:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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