‘Sown in dishonour, raised in glory’: death, ritual and social organization in northern Gloucestershire, 1590–1690.

This essay considers English mortuary customs in the context of religious conflict and economic crisis in the late sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. The anthropological concepts of person, ritual and symbol serve as points of departure from which to explore the religious significance of death and...

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Published in:	Social History Vol. 17; no. 3; pp. 389 - 420
Main Author:	Beaver, Dan
Format:	Article
Published:	Taylor & Francis Ltd Oct92
Subjects:	Funerals Social structure Financial crises Ritual Death Religion Class differences Religious communities Gloucestershire (England) England
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