| Description |
1 online resource (xii, 314 pages, 4 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations (some color) |
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Seventeenth- and eighteenth-century studies ; 14
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Seventeenth- and eighteenth-century studies ; 14.
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction: religion and life cycles in early modern England -- Caroline Bowden, Emily Vine and Tessa Whitehouse Part I: Birth, childhood and youth1 Second birth and the spiritual lifecycle in Protestant England -- Alexandra Walsham 2 Prayer, pregnancy and print -- Rebecca Whiteley 3 Maternal breastfeeding: providence and advocacy in seventeenth-century sermons and prescriptive literature -- Lauren Cantos4 Religious practice and the social worlds of eighteenth-century children, 1688 to 1800 -- Mary Clare Martin5 Intergenerational relationships in a family archive: adolescence, school and French polish -- Caroline Bowden Part II: Adulthood and everyday life6 The secular dynamics of religious identity -- Bernard Capp7 The clergy and marriage in Restoration comedies -- David Fletcher8 Women, religion and early-modern life cycles -- Elaine Hobby9 Everyday religious and life-cycle events in the diaries of Richard Stonley -- Zoe Hudson10 Letter-writing, life-cycle events and the daily life of faith -- Tessa WhitehousePart III: The dying and the dead11 Birth, death and faith: Sir Thomas Aston at the deathbed of his wife -- Rosemary Keep12 Caring for the dying and the dead in the London Sephardi and Ashkenazi communities, 1656?1800 -- Emily Vine13 Temporality and the eternal afterlife in children's hymns of the long eighteenth century -- Nancy Jiwon ChoIndex |
| Summary |
This innovative, interdisciplinary collection addresses religion and the life course in England c. 1550-1800. Considering Catholic, Protestant and Jewish experiences of biological, social and religious life stages, it suggests new ways of framing the multiple, overlapping life cycles that early modern individuals experienced. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Religion and sociology -- England -- History.
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Life cycle, Human -- Religious aspects.
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England -- Religion -- 16th century.
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England -- Religion -- 17th century.
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England -- Religion -- 18th century.
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HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain / Georgian Era (1714-1837) |
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Life cycle, Human -- Religious aspects |
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Religion |
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Religion and sociology |
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England https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PBJpYDdYvBpjXV6WpybK68C |
| Chronological Term |
1500-1799 |
| Genre/Form |
Informational works
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History
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Informational works.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: |
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Print version: Religion and life cycles in early modern England. Manchester : Manchester University Press, 2021 1526149230 9781526149237 (OCoLC)1241730938 |
| ISBN |
1526149222 (ePub ebook) |
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9781526149244 (PDF ebook) |
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1526149249 (electronic bk.) |
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9781526149220 (electronic bk.) |
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1526149230 (paperback) |
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9781526149237 (paperback) |
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