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Record Nr.

UNINA9910824193203321

Titolo

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

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Leiden, Netherlands ; ; Boston, [Massachusetts] : , : Brill, , 2018

©2018

ISBN

90-04-35237-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (211 pages) : illustrations (some color), tables

Collana

The Northern World, , 1569-1462 ; ; Volume 82

Disciplina

236.10948

Soggetti

Death - Europe, Northern - History

Death - Religious aspects - History

Europe, Northern Religion

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Front Matter -- Contents -- Introduction: Preparing for a Good Death in Medieval and Early Modern Northern Europe1 / Anu Lahtinen and Mia Korpiola -- Restless Dead or Peaceful Cadavers? Preparations for Death and Afterlife in Medieval Iceland1 / Kirsi Kanerva -- William Wykeham, Bishop of Winchester (1366–1404) and His Preparations for Death / Cindy Wood -- “At Death’s Door”: The Authority of Deathbed Confessions in Medieval and Early Modern Swedish Law1 / Mia Korpiola -- The Concern for Salvation in the Cities of Lesser Poland in the Sixteenth Century / Dominika Burdzy -- Death with an Agenda: Preparing for an Aristocratic Death in Reformation Sweden / Anu Lahtinen -- Dying Unprepared in Early Modern Swedish Funeral Sermons / Otfried Czaika -- “Lord, have mercy on me”: Spiritual Preparations for Suicide in Early Modern Sweden / Riikka Miettinen -- Preparing for Death: Concluding Remarks / Bertil Nilsson.

Sommario/riassunto

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. Contributors are Dominika Burdzy, Otfried Czaika, Kirsi Kanerva, Mia Korpiola, Anu Lahtinen, Riikka Miettinen, Bertil Nilsson, and Cindy Wood.