Death, Life, and Religious Change in Scottish Towns C. 1350-1560

by Mairi Cowan

Death, life, and religious change in Scottish towns c. 1350-1560 examines lay religious culture in Scottish towns between the Black Death and the Protestant Reformation. It looks at what the living did to influence the dead and how the dead were believed to influence the living in turn; it explores the ways in which townspeople asserted their individual desires in the midst of overlapping communities; and it considers both continuities and changes,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0719080231
• ISBN13: 9780719080234
• Release Date: January 2013
• Publisher: Manchester University Press
• Length: 264 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.6" x 8.6"