The moment of death in early modern Europe, c. 1450-1800: contested ideals, controversial spaces, and suspicious objects
In: Intersections 89
Both in our time and in the past, death was one of the most important aspects of anyone's life. The early modern period saw drastic changes in rites of death, burials and commemoration. One particularly fruitful avenue of research is not to focus on death in general, but the moment of death specifically. This volume investigates this transitionary moment between life and death.