Churchyard and Cemetery : Tradition and Modernity in Rural North Yorkshire.

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This book explores, for the first time, the turbulent social history of churchyards and cemeteries over the last 150 years. Using sites from across rural North Yorkshire, the text examines the workings of the Burial Acts and discloses the ways in which religious politics framed burial management. It...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Rugg, Julie
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Oxford : Manchester University Press, 2015.
Temas:
Mortality > England > History.
Cemeteries > England > North Yorkshire > History.
Mortalité > Angleterre > Histoire.
Cimetières > Angleterre > North Yorkshire > Histoire.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Death & Dying.
Cemeteries
Mortality
England
England > North Yorkshire
Burial Acts.
Church of England.
Churchyard Consecration Act.
burial board management.
burial culture.
burial history.
burial provision.
burial space.
central North Yorkshire.
churchyard closure.
rural areas.
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:This book explores, for the first time, the turbulent social history of churchyards and cemeteries over the last 150 years. Using sites from across rural North Yorkshire, the text examines the workings of the Burial Acts and discloses the ways in which religious politics framed burial management. It presents an alternative history of burial which questions notions of tradition and modernity, and challenges long-standing assumptions about changing attitudes towards mortality in England. This study diverges from the long-standing tendency to regard the churchyard as inherently 'traditional' and.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (444 pages)
ISBN:9781526103529
1526103524
9780719097355
0719097355

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