Churchyard and Cemetery - Tradition and Modernity in Rural North Yorkshire

Informationen zum Autor Julie Rugg is a Senior Research Fellow and heads the Cemetery Research Group at the University of York Klappentext Reviews the burial history of central North Yorkshire Zusammenfassung Reviews the burial history of central North Yorkshire -- . Inhaltsverzeichnis IntroductionPART ONE1. Burial in 1850: national and local contexts2. 'Dr Hoffman was good enough to consult me': churchyard closures3. 'A very modern act': the Churchyard Consecration Act and churchyard extension4. 'It was entirely a question for the parishioners': burial board management5. 'No differences are so deep as those which arise over the grave': the religious politics of burial 6. 'Casting into the great crucible of the present ferment all manner of time-honoured traditions': new legislative contexts for twentieth-century burial PART TWO7. 'It was a task which he would be greatly pleased to hand over to some other person or persons': centralisation and cemeteries, 1894-1974 8. 'Being desirous of avoiding a burial board': the churchyard as cemetery9. 'Unobservable or inconspicuous to the casual visitor'?: the changing churchyard landscape 10. 'Thoroughly untidy': changing burial culture, 1850-2007AppendicesBibliographyIndex

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• Authors: Rugg Julie, Julie Rugg, Rugg Julie
• Publisher: Manchester University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.05.2015
• EAN: 9780719097355
• ISBN: 978-0-7190-9735-5
• No. of pages: 444
• Subjects: Guides > Self-help, everyday life > Lifestyle, personal development; Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology; Sociology, European History, Yorkshire, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General, HISTORY / Europe / General, Sociology: customs & traditions, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Customs & Traditions, British & Irish history, Cultural studies: customs and traditions