Religion and Life Cycles in Early Modern England
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Adolescence
Afterlife
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Childhood
Confessional Identity
Conversion
Death
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Marriage
Motherhood
Pregnancy and Childbirth
The Family
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- ISBN 9781526149237
- Weight: 685g
- Dimensions: 138 x 216mm
- Publication Date: 12 Oct 2021
- Publisher: Manchester University Press
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Hardback
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Religion and life cycles in early modern England assembles scholars working in the fields of history, English literature and art history to further our understanding of the intersection between religion and the life course in the period c. 1550–1800. Featuring chapters on Catholic, Protestant and Jewish communities, it encourages cross-confessional comparison between life stages and rites of passage that were of religious significance to all faiths in early modern England. The book considers biological processes such as birth and death, aspects of the social life cycle including schooling, coming of age and marriage and understandings of religious transition points such as spiritual awakenings and conversion. Through this inclusive and interdisciplinary approach, it seeks to show that the life cycle was not something fixed or predetermined and that early modern individuals experienced multiple, overlapping life cycles.
Caroline Bowden is Senior Research Fellow in History at Queen Mary University of London
Emily Vine is Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the University of Birmingham
Tessa Whitehouse is Senior Lecturer in English at Queen Mary University of London
