Ritual, belief, and the dead body in early modern Britain and Ireland / Sarah Tarlow.
Ritual, belief, and the dead body in early modern Britain and Ireland / Sarah Tarlow.
Ritual, belief, and the dead body in early modern Britain and Ireland / Sarah Tarlow.
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New York : Cambridge University Press, 2011.
Date
2011.
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N393.0941/2
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English
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xii, 226 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Contents
Machine generated contents note: 1. Introduction; 2. Religious belief; 3. Scientific belief; 4. Social belief; 5. Folk belief; 6. Conclusions.
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New York : Cambridge University Press, 2011.
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New York (State)
Date Published
2011.
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"Drawing on archaeological, historical, theological, scientific, and folkloric sources, Sarah Tarlow's interdisciplinary study examines belief as it relates to the dead body in early modern Britain and Ireland. From the theological discussion of bodily resurrection to the folkloric use of body parts as remedies, and from the judicial punishment of...
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Ritual, belief, and the dead body in early modern Britain and Ireland / Sarah Tarlow.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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N393.0941/2
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74VM0LLeOkx3
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VM0LLeOkx3
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ISBN
0521761549
9780521761543
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393.0941
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991001760249702626
