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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.

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''[...] a collection of rich, detailed, and often impressive essays. [...]an excellent contribution not olnly to the history of ars moriendi , but also to our understanding of the everyday concerns and anxieties of medieval and early modern Europeans''. Jaska Kainulainen, in Journal of Jesuit Studies , 6 (2019).

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Anu Lahtinen, Ph.D. (2007), is Professor of Finnish and Nordic History at the University of Helsinki. She has published monographs and articles on medieval and early modern social and cultural history, focusing on the history of Northern Europe. Mia Korpiola, LL.D. (2004), is Professor of Legal History at the University of Turku. An expert in long-term legal history, her publications include (ed.) Regional Variations in Matrimonial Law and Custom in Europe, 1150-1600 (2011).

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