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Identity, Commemoration and the Art of Dying Well: Exploring the Relationship between the Ars Moriendi Tradition and the Material Culture of Death in Gloucestershire, c.1350-1700A.D.
Kirsty Owen
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This study considers how the treatment of death in related forms of material culture might have contributed to the definition of elite identity and the constitution of power structures throughout the changes which took place in England c. 1350-1700. The following discussion will also assess the nature of identity and how it is comprehended in past and contemporary theoretical discussion. The formation of medieval and early modern elite identities will be considered with reference to the funerary material culture of a single region, Gloucestershire, focusing intensively upon the iconographical and textual themes presented therein and analysing these within the context of contemporary social and religious change. This evidence will be considered against the ideal of 'dying well' as presented in the Ars Moriendi texts. It is suggested that the ideological potential of this concept was exploited to its fullest potential during the period under study. The idealised pious death provided affluent members of society with a focus for competition, the significance of which can only be fully comprehended if the texts are analysed alongside other forms of material culture.
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Front Cover
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Title Page
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Copyright
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Abstract
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Acknowledgements
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Table of Contents
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List of Figures
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List of Charts
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List of Tables
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Introduction: What Does It Mean to Die Well?
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Chapter One: Identity, Power and Ideology: Theorising Material Culture Manipulation
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Chapter Two: The Study of Death in the Historic Periods
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Chapter Three: An Introduction to the English Ars Moriendi Tradition and Regional Book Trade
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Chapter Four: A Regional Perspective on the Relationship Between the Ars Moriendiand and Commemoration
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Chapter Five: Dying Well in Medieval Gloucestershire
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Chapter Six: Death in Transition: Approaches to Death and Dying Well During the English Reformation c.1531-1600
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Chapter Seven: In Hope of Resurrection: Death in the 1600s
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Chapter Eight: Summary
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Published: 2000
Publisher: BAR Publishing
- 9781407304816 (paperback)
- 9781407321837 (ebook)
BAR Number: B513