Mirrors of mortality : studies in the social history of death

Author(s)

• Whaley, Joachim

Bibliographic Information

Mirrors of mortality : studies in the social history of death

edited by Joachim Whaley

（The Social history of human experience）

St. Martin's Press, 1982, c1981

Note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Contents of Works

• To die and enter the House of Hades / Christiane Sourvinou-Inwood
• Sacred corpse, profane carrion / R.C. Finucane
• From public to private, the royal funerals in England, 1500-1830 / Paul S. Fritz
• Symbolism for the survivors / Joachim Whaley
• Death and the French historians / John McManners
• Sentiment and antiquity / David Irwin
• From ritual to ceremony / C.A. Bayly
• War and death, grief and mourning in modern Britain / David Cannadine

Details

• NCID: BA37828404
• ISBN:
  • 0312534418
• LCCN: 81018363
• Country Code: us
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: New York
• Pages/Volumes: viii, 252 p., [6] leaves of plates
• Size: 24 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : HQ1073
  • DC19 : 306
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Death -- Social aspects -- History
• Parent Bibliography ID:
  • BA03608043