No ordinary deaths : a people's history of mortality
Conisbee, Molly2025
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History is dominated by A-list deaths: queens beheaded; archdukes assassinated. But what about everyone else? How did ordinary people depart this life and grieve for loved ones - and which of the old ways might help us prepare for the end? Our ancestors, living closer to death than we do, had a more intimate and integrated relationship with death as a familiar presence in daily life. From the death-watchers of the Middle Ages to the pomp of Victorian funeral wear, by way of plague pits, grave-robberies and wakes, historian and bereavement counsellor Molly Conisbee explores how cycles of dying, death and disposal have shaped - and been shaped by - society.
Main title:
No ordinary deaths : a people's history of mortality / Molly Conisbee.
Author:
Conisbee, Molly, authorWellcome Collection, associated with work
Imprint:
London : Profile Books, 2025.
Collation:
361 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 24 cm
Notes:
Published in association with Wellcome Collection.Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9781800815872 (hbk. :)
Dewey class:
306.9306.9 CON
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
6301255