Overview
Evidence gleaned from archaeology sheds dramatic new light on religious practices and identities between the later sixteenth and the nineteenth centuries. The post-medieval period was one of profound religious and cultural change, of sometimes violent religious conflict and of a dramatic growth in religious pluralism. The essays collected here, in what is the first book to focus onthe material evidence, demonstrate the significant contribution that archaeology can make to a deeper understanding of religion. They take a broad interdisciplinary approach to the spatial and material context of religious life, using buildings and landscapes, religious objects and excavated cemeteries, alongside cartographic and documentary sources, to reveal the complexity of religious practices and identities in varied regions of post-medieval Britain,Europe and the wider world. Topics covered include the transformation of religious buildings and landscapes in the centuries after the European Reformation, the role of religious minorities and immigrant groups in early modern cities, the architectural and landscape context of eighteenth and nineteenth-century nonconformity, and the development of post-medieval burial practices and funerary customs. Offering a unique perspective on the material remains ofthe post-medieval period, this volume will be of significant value to archaeologists and historians interested in the religious and cultural transformation of the early modern world. Contributors: Chris King, Duncan Sayer, Andrew Spicer, Philippa Woodcock, Matthias Range, Simon Roffey, Greig Parker, Jeremy Lake, Eric Berry, Peter Herring, Claire Strachan, Peter Benes, Diana Mahoney-Swales, Richard O'Neill, Hugh Willmott, Natasha Powers, Adrian Miles, Anwen Cedifor Caffell, Rachel Clarke, Rosie Morris
Full Product Details
Author: Chris King ,
Duncan Sayer ,
Adrian Miles (Contributor) ,
Andrew Spicer
Publisher: Boydell & Brewer Ltd
Imprint: The Boydell Press
Volume: v. 6
Dimensions:
Width: 17.20cm
, Height: 2.20cm
, Length: 24.00cm
Weight: 0.602kg
ISBN: 9781843836933
ISBN 10: 1843836939
Pages: 304
Publication Date: 15 December 2011
Audience:
College/higher education
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Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: In Print
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Reviews
An eclectic but challenging insight into a field of church history that is often overlooked. JOURNAL OF ECCLESIASTICAL HISTORY
Contains valuable support material for the social historian and for those seeking more information on the funerary commemoration and burial practices in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. CHURCH MONUMENTS A useful and sophisticated volume which represents the current state of scholarship. ARCHAEOLOGICAL JOURNAL A useful contribution to a rapidly evolving field of study. HUGUENOT SOCIETY JOURNAL (An) enjoyable essay collection. JOURNAL OF ECCLESIASTICAL HISTORY
Contains valuable support material for the social historian and for those seeking more information on the funerary commemoration and burial practices in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. CHURCH MONUMENTS A useful and sophisticated volume which represents the current state of scholarship. ARCHAEOLOGICAL JOURNAL A useful contribution to a rapidly evolving field of study. HUGUENOT SOCIETY JOURNAL [An] enjoyable essay collection. JOURNAL OF ECCLESIASTICAL HISTORY
A useful and sophisticated volume which represents the current state of scholarship. ARCHAEOLOGICAL JOURNAL A useful contribution to a rapidly evolving field of study. HUGUENOT SOCIETY JOURNAL (An) enjoyable essay collection. JOURNAL OF ECCLESIASTICAL HISTORY
Author Information
CHRIS KING is Assistant Professor of Archaeology at the University of Nottingham. CHRIS KING is Assistant Professor of Archaeology at the University of Nottingham.
