Death, Burial and Commemoration in Ireland, 1550-1650

by Tait, Clodagh

• ISBN13: 9780333997413
• ISBN10: 0333997417
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2003-01-04
• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan

Summary

This book is the first detailed examination of death in early modern Ireland. It deals with the process of dying, the conduct of funerals, the arrangement of burials, the private and public commemoration of the dead, and ideas about the afterlife. It further considers ways in which the living fashioned ceremonies of death and the reputations of the dead to support their own ends.

Author Biography

Clodagh Tait is in the Department of Modern History at the National University of Ireland, Maynooth.

Table of Contents

List of Maps and Figures	vi
List of Abbreviations	vii
Acknowledgements	ix
Introduction	1	(6)
Dying Well: Experiences of Death	7	(23)
From Death to Burial	30	(29)
Burial Location and Society	59	(26)
The Politics of Disinterment	85	(12)
The Nature and Uses of Funerary Monuments	97	(16)
Funerary Monuments and Society: Family, Honour and Death	113	(22)
Afterlives	135	(21)
Conclusion	156	(7)
Notes	163	(49)
Select Bibliography	212	(7)
Index	219