Dying prepared in medieval and early modern northern Europe / / edited by Anu Lahtinen, Mia Korpiola.

• Superior document: The Northern World, Volume 82
• TeilnehmendeR: Lahtinen, Anu,; Korpiola, Mia,
• Place / Publishing House: Leiden, Netherlands ;, Boston, [Massachusetts] : : Brill,, 2018.; ©2018
• Year of Publication: 2018
• Language: English
• Series: Northern world ; Volume 82.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (211 pages) :; illustrations (some color), tables.
• Other title: Front Matter --; Contents --; Introduction: Preparing for a Good Death in Medieval and Early Modern Northern Europe1 /; Restless Dead or Peaceful Cadavers? Preparations for Death and Afterlife in Medieval Iceland1 /; William Wykeham, Bishop of Winchester (1366–1404) and His Preparations for Death /; “At Death’s Door”: The Authority of Deathbed Confessions in Medieval and Early Modern Swedish Law1 /; The Concern for Salvation in the Cities of Lesser Poland in the Sixteenth Century /; Death with an Agenda: Preparing for an Aristocratic Death in Reformation Sweden /; Dying Unprepared in Early Modern Swedish Funeral Sermons /; “Lord, have mercy on me”: Spiritual Preparations for Suicide in Early Modern Sweden /; Preparing for Death: Concluding Remarks /
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• ISBN: 9004352376
• ISSN: 1569-1462
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: edited by Anu Lahtinen, Mia Korpiola.

How did people of the past prepare for death, and how were their preparations affected by religious beliefs or social and economic responsibilities? Dying Prepared in Medieval and Early Modern Northern Europe analyses the various ways in which people made preparations for death in medieval and early modern Northern Europe, adapting religious teachings to local circumstances. The articles span the period from the Middle Ages to Early Modernity allowing an analysis over centuries of religious change that are too often artificially separated in historical study. Contributors are Dominika Burdzy, Otfried Czaika, Kirsi Kanerva, Mia Korpiola, Anu Lahtinen, Riikka Miettinen, Bertil Nilsson, and Cindy Wood.