Death is for the living
Gordon, Anne, 1927-1984
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A fascinating study of Scottish funeral customs in post Reformation Scotland.
Main title:
Death is for the living / Anne Gordon.
Author:
Gordon, Anne, 1927-, author
Imprint:
Edinburgh : Paul Harris Publishing, 1984.
Collation:
174 pages, 8 pages of plates : illustrations (black and white). ; 25 cm.
Notes:
Bibliography, p173-174.
ISBN:
08622808939780862280895
Dewey class:
393.909411393394393.009411614.6
LC class:
GT3245
Local class:
393.0941AM23 393.094393
Language:
English
Index terms:
Scottish funeral customs1500-1982FuneralsMortclothsHerpesGraveyardsGravestonesMourningDeath RegistrationExecutionsEpidemicsBody SnatchersBaptismsSuicideCoffinsKistingMort BellLykewakesFUNERALSDEATH CUSTOMSSCOTLANDGRAVEYARDSGRAVESTONESMOURNINGEXECUTIONSEPIDEMICSBODY SNATCHINGSUICIDEBAPTISM
BRN:
391978
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