Churchyard and cemetery: Tradition and modernity in rural North Yorkshire

by Julie Rugg

The 1853 Burial Act introduced changes that would affect every English town and village outside London. New cemeteries looked set to replace the centuries-old churchyard, removing the dead from the heart of the community, and burial became a scientific rather than a spiritual concern. The secularisation of burial has long been regarded as an essential symbol of modernity, but was this process so straightforward? This study challenges a long-standing...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0719089204
• ISBN13: 9780719089206
• Release Date: September 2013
• Publisher: Manchester University Press
• Length: 448 Pages
• Weight: 1.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.6" x 5.6" x 8.6"