Funerary Practices in the Czech Republic.

Cover -- FUNERARY PRACTICES IN THE CZECH REPUBLIC -- Series page -- FUNERARY PRACTICES IN THE CZECH REPUBLIC -- Copyright -- TABLE OF CONTENTS -- LIST OF FIGURES -- LIST OF TABLES -- LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS -- FOREWORD -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- MAP OF THE CZECH REPUBLIC -- 1. Introduction -- 2. History -- 2.1 The Eighteenth, Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries -- 2.1.1 Demography and Epidemiology -- 2.1.2 Burial Sites -- 2.1.3 The Funeral Directing Industry -- 2.2 The Cremation Movement -- 2.2.1 The Czech German Cremation Movement -- 2.2.2 The Czech Cremation Movement -- 2.2.3 The Interwar Period -- 2.3 The First and Second World Wars -- 2.3.1 The First World War -- 2.3.2 Influenza Pandemic -- 2.3.3 The Second World War -- 2.4 The Communist Period in Czechoslovakia (1948-1989) -- 2.4.1 The Promotion of Civil Funerals -- 2.4.2 Infrastructure -- 2.4.3 The Occurrence of Secular Funerals -- 2.5 Following the Velvet Revolution in 1989 -- 2.5.1 Continuity in the Funeral Industry -- 2.5.2 Religion and Secularisation -- 3. Demographic and Legal Frameworks -- 3.1 The Demography of Mortality -- 3.2 Czech Legislation Concerning Death -- 3.2.1 The Registration of Deaths -- 3.2.2 Social Funerals -- 3.3 Principal Legislation Concerning Funeral Directing -- 3.3.1 Trade Licence -- 3.3.2 Advertising Regulations -- 3.3.3 The Regulation of Funeral Fees -- 3.3.4 Planning and the Environment -- 4. Crematoria and Cremation -- 4.1 Development since the 1950s -- 4.1.1 The Period of Communist Rule (1948-1989) -- 4.1.2 The Post-communist Period (after 1989) -- 4.2 Cremation Rates since the 1950s -- 4.3 The Functioning of Crematoria -- 4.3.1 Running a Crematorium -- 4.3.2 The Cremation Industry -- 4.3.3 The Cremation Process -- 4.4 The Disposal of the Ashes -- 4.4.1 Placing the Ashes in a Grave or Columbarium -- 4.4.2 The Scattering of the Ashes.

4.4.3 The Digging in of the Ashes under a Piece of Lawn -- 4.4.4 Ashes Outside Cemeteries -- 5. The Funeral and the Funeral Ceremony -- 5.1 Types of Funeral -- 5.2 The Typical Funeral: Secular Funeral with a Civil Ceremony -- 5.2.1 The Time between Death and the Funeral -- 5.2.2 Ordering a Funeral -- 5.2.3 The Death Notice -- 5.2.4 The Funeral Ceremony -- 5.2.5 Dress Code -- 5.2.6 Funeral Tea -- 5.2.7 General Facts about Secular Funeral Ceremonies -- 5.3 The Religious Funeral - Roman Catholic -- 5.3.1 Religious Affiliation -- 5.4 Cremation without a Funeral Ceremony -- 5.5 DIY Funerals -- 6. Funeral Costs -- 6.1 The Costs of Funeral Services -- 6.1.1 Minimum and Average Prices -- 6.1.2 Direct Cremation -- 6.1.3 Social Funerals -- 6.1.4 The Funeral Grant -- 6.2 Cemetery Costs -- 7. Burial Sites -- 7.1 Burial Sites in History -- 7.2 Statistics on Contemporary Burial Sites -- 7.3 War Graves and Memorials -- 7.4 Burial Sites -- 7.4.1 Appearance -- 7.4.2 Dedicated Areas for the Placing of the Ashes -- 7.4.3 Graves -- 7.4.4 The Lease of Graves -- 7.4.5 Legislation -- 7.4.6 Conservation and the Funerary Heritage -- 7.4.7 Well-known Cemeteries -- 7.5 Natural Burial -- 8. Commemoration -- 8.1 The Visiting of Cemeteries -- 8.2 Roadside Memorials -- 8.3 Virtual Commemoration -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- INDEX.

Exploring the traditions, customs and contemporary legal framework of Czech funerary practices, this book analyses and interprets the high cremation rate, predominance of secular funerals and increasing popularity of cremation with no funeral ceremony against the background of the country's historical development.

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