Contents

Abbreviations

Author’s Note

Picture Acknowledgements

Acknowledgements and Dedications

Introduction

Chapter 1 The Natural Death

Chapter 2 The Soldierly Death

Chapter 3 The Criminal Death

Chapter 4 The Deathbed

Chapter 5 Of Corpses, Coffins, and Carriages

Chapter 6 The Common and the Noble Funeral

Chapter 7 Royal Funerals

Chapter 8 The Unorthodox Burial

Chapter 9 Remembrance

Conclusion: The Seventeenth Century and Beyond

Chapter Notes

Bibliography