Dying Prepared in Medieval and Early Modern Northern Europe.

Intro -- Dying Prepared in Medieval and Early Modern Northern Europe -- Copyright -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Notes on Contributors -- 1 Introduction: Preparing for a Good Death in Medieval and Early Modern Northern Europe -- 2 Restless Dead or Peaceful Cadavers? Preparations for Death and Afterlife in Medieval Iceland -- 3 William Wykeham, Bishop of Winchester (1366-1404) and His Preparations for Death -- 4 "At Death's Door": The Authority of Deathbed Confessions in Medieval and Early Modern Swedish Law -- 5 The Concern for Salvation in the Cities of Lesser Poland in the Sixteenth Century -- 6 Death with an Agenda: Preparing for an Aristocratic Death in Reformation Sweden -- 7 Dying Unprepared in Early Modern Swedish Funeral Sermons -- 8 "Lord, have mercy on me": Spiritual Preparations for Suicide in Early Modern Sweden -- 9 Preparing for Death: Concluding Remarks -- Select Bibliography -- Index.

Dying Prepared in Medieval and Early Modern Northern Europe offers an analysis of the various ways in which people made preparations for death in medieval and early modern Northern Europe.

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