Funeral Customs (eBook)

Their Origin and Development

Bertram S. Puckle (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2020
227 Seiten
Read Books Ltd. (Verlag)
978-1-5287-8917-2 (ISBN)

Infos

First published in 1926, Bertram S. Puckle's “Funeral Customs” is a comprehensive account of traditional funerary traditions and customs throughout history and from all over the world. From lost ancient practices to the first graveyards and cemeteries, this volume sheds light on how we as humans have dealt with death and the dead over the ages. Contents include: “The Provisions Of Nature”, “Death Warnings—When Does Death Take Place?”, “Preparation For Burial, Coffins, 'Grave-Goods', Suttee”, “Wakes, Mutes, Wailers, Sin-Eating, Totemism, Death-Taxes”, “Bells, Mourning”, “Funeral Feasts And Processions”, “Early Burial-Places”, “Churchyards, Cemeteries, Orientation and Other Burial Customs”, etc.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 20.2.2020
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Pädagogik
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Mikrosoziologie
• Schlagworte: Ancient Superstitions • Bizarre History • crematorium • dealing with grief • grave robbing • Mourning Traditions • the dead
• ISBN-10: 1-5287-8917-2 / 1528789172
• ISBN-13: 978-1-5287-8917-2 / 9781528789172