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Zusatztext David Cressy's detailed study examines how each elaborate rite of passage was shaped and altered by the wider events of the Reformation, the Commonwealth, and the Restoration. Informationen zum Autor David Cressy is Professor of History at California State University, Long Beach. His recent books include Religion and Society in Early Modern England and Bonfires and Bells: National Memory and the Protestant Calendar in Elizabethan and Stuart England. Klappentext Using fascinating first-hand evidence! Cressy describes the ritual performance of childbirth! baptism! courtship! weddings! and funerals in England from c. 1500 to 1700! and reveals how these activities changed in response to the Reformation! the Revolution! and the Restoration. The result is a vivid classic rites of passage in Tudor and Stuart England. "Should be read by all serious students of the period interested in history from the bottom up. Zusammenfassung This book describes the ritual performance of childbirth, baptism, courtship, weddings, and funerals in England from circa 1500 to 1700, and reveals how these activities changed in response to the Reformation, the Revolution, and the Restoration. Inhaltsverzeichnis BIRTH 1: Childbed Mysteries: God's Babies: The Spiritual Construction of Childbirth; Comforts for Childbearing Women; Suffering and Death; The Archers: A Family History 2: The Management of Childbirth: Books for the Birth of Mankind; Signs of Conception; Care of the Expectant Mother; Abortion; Preparations for the Birth Room 3: Childbed Attendants: Reputable Midwives; Midwives and Ministers; Midwives in Action; Bastard Births 4: Mother and Child: The Woman in the Straw; Childbed Gossips; The Blessings of the Breast; The Wetnurse and the Martyr BAPTISM 5: Baptism as Sacrament and Drama: Questions of Contention; Timing, Refusal and Neglect; Liturgy; Theology; Lost Souls; Baptism by Women 6: Crosses in Baptism: The Sign of the Cross; Elements and Substances; Dipping and Sprinkling; Fonts and Basins 7: The People with the Children: Parents and Godparents; Naming the Child; Chrisom Cloths and Christening Sheets; Christening Cheer 8: Changes and Challenges: Baptism in Times of Distraction, 1642-1660; Baptism after the Restoration; The Rise of Private Baptism CHURCHING 9: Purification, Thanksgiving, and the Churching of Women: Viewpoints; Gossippings; Green Women; Blessing and Cleansing; Complaints and Objections; Rates and Fees; Cases and Collisions; Decent Veils; "Julia's Churching"; Churching continued, 1645-1700; Multiple Meanings COURTSHIP 10: Courtship and the Making of Marriage: Courtship Narratives; Making a Match; Choice and Consent; Mutual Love and Good Liking; Gifts and Tokens 11: Espousals, Betrothals and Contracts: Cementing an Engagement; Carnal Knowledge MARRIAGE 12: Holy Matrimony: Transformations; Problems and Questions; God's Weddings 13: Prohibitions and Impediments: Forbidden Seasons; Banns and Licences; Impediments; Prohibited Degrees; Religious Restrictions 14: Clandestine and Irregular Marriages: Canonical Hours; Clandestine Weddings; "Living together as man and oife"; After the Restoration 15: Nuptial Vows: The Solemnization of Matrimony; Giving the Bride; The Ring in Marriage; The Accustomed Duty 16: Wedding Celebrations: Festive Excess; Hymen's Revels; Wedding Gear; Bridal Flowers; Giving and Bidding; Bridal Processions; Acts of Piety and Mirth; Possets and Stockings DEATH 17: Death Comes for All: Body and Soul; Ars Moriendi; Grief 18: Ritual and Reformation: The Order for Burial of the Dead; Persistent Tradition; Puritan Criticism; Ceremonial Discipline; The War on Pomp; Revolution and Restoration 19: Funerals and Burials: For Whom the Bell Tolls; Winding and Watching; Furnishings and Equipment; Funeral Processions; Mourning Black; Doles and Dinners; The Triumph of ...
