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