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Birth, marriage, and death : ritual, religion, and the life-cycle in Tudor and Stuart England.
From childbirth and baptism through to courtship, weddings, and funerals, every stage in the lifecycle 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...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Oxford :
Oxford University Press,
1999.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Introduction
- Birth: Childbed mysteries
- The management of childbirth
- Childbed attendants
- Mother and child
- Baptism: Baptism as sacrament and drama
- Crosses in baptism
- The people with the children
- Changes and challenges
- Churching: Purification, thanksgiving, and the churching of women
- Courtship: Courtship and the making of marriage
- Espousals, betrothals, and contracts
- Marriage: Holy matrimony
- Prohibitions and impediments
- Clandestine and irregular marriages
- Nuptial vows
- Wedding celebrations
- Death: Death comes to all
- Ritual and reformation
- Funerals and burials
- The geography of interment
- Conclusion.