Julie Rugg
Churchyard and cemetery
- ISBN 13:
- 9780719097355
- author:
- Julie Rugg
- format:
- Paperback
- publisher:
- Manchester University Press
- language:
- English
- Publication Year:
- 2015
- Pages:
- 444
- Dimensions:
- 21.3 x 2.3 x 13.7 cm
- Genre:
- Religion & Spirituality, Christianity, Clergy
- Condition:
- New
- Availability:
- Item usually sent within 5 working days
Description
Churchyard and Cemetery Tradition and Modernity in Rural North Yorkshire by Julie Rugg explores the complex social history of burial sites in rural North Yorkshire over the last 150 years. The book examines how the Burial Acts influenced burial management and how religious politics shaped the way people thought about death and the afterlife. Rugg challenges traditional notions of churchyards and cemeteries as inherently 'traditional' and 'modern', respectively, and instead presents an alternative history of burial that questions our assumptions about changing attitudes towards mortality in England. Since the mid-19th century, both churchyards and cemeteries have been shaped by new expectations around family burial and formal commemoration, leading to significant changes in the way these sites were used. This study, available in paperback for the first time, offers a fresh perspective on the history of burial in rural North Yorkshire and is a valuable resource for anyone interested in social history, religion, and the changing ways we think about death and the afterlife.
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