Learning to Die in London, 1380-1540

Amy Appleford

Published by University of Pennsylvania Press 2015

Learning to Die in London, 1380-1540

Amy Appleford

In the series The Middle Ages Series

https://doi.org/10.9783/9780812290479

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About this book

Learning to Die in London, 1380-1540 argues that the educated awareness of death and mortality was a vital aspect of the city's civic culture, critical not only to the shaping of single lives and the management of households but also to practices of cultural memory, building of institutions, and good government of the city itself.

Author / Editor information

Amy Appleford teaches English at Boston University.

Reviews

"An astonishingly good book that recenters our understanding of late medieval religious devotion."—Fiona Somerset, University of Connecticut

"An original and significant work that demonstrates the different, and evolving, ways in which Londoners understood the nature of death and prepared themselves for it, and for what was to come afterwards."—Caroline Barron, University of London

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	vii
Note on Quotations Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	ix
Introduction Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
Chapter 1. Spiritual Governance and the Lay Household: The Visitation of the Sick Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	18
Chapter 2. Dying Generations: The Dance of Death Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	55
Chapter 3. Self-Care and Lay Asceticism: Learn to Die Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	98
Chapter 4. Wounded Texts and Worried Readers: The Book of the Craft of Dying Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	137
Chapter 5. The Exercise of Death in Henrician England Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	181
Conclusion Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	217
Notes Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	225
Bibliography Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	281
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	311
Acknowledgments Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	319

Language: English
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
Audience: College/higher education;
Pages
- Main content: 336
Illustrations
- Other: 3 illus.
Keywords: Literature; History; Medieval and Renaissance Studies

eBook

Published: October 24, 2014
ISBN: 9780812290479