Religion and life cycles in early mode England (Seventeenth- and Eighteenth-Century Studies, 14)

by: Caroline Bowden (Editor),Emily Vine (Editor),Tessa Whitehouse (Editor)&1more

Publisher: Manchester University Press

Publication Date: 2021/10/12

Language: English

Print Length: 328 pages

ISBN-10: 1526149230

ISBN-13: 9781526149237

Book Description

Religion and life cycles in early mode England assembles scholars working in the fields of history, English literature and art history to further our understanding of the intersection between religion and the life course in the period c. 1550–1800. Featuring chapters on Catholic, Protestant and Jewish communities, it encourages cross-confessional comparison between life stages and rites of passage that were of religious significance to all faiths in early mode England. The book considers biological processes such as birth and death, aspects of the social life cycle including schooling, coming of age and marriage and understandings of religious transition points such as spiritual awakenings and conversion. Through this inclusive and interdisciplinary approach, it seeks to show that the life cycle was not something fixed or predetermined and that early mode individuals experienced multiple, overlapping life cycles.

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Religion and life cycles in early mode England assembles scholars working in the fields of history, English literature and art history to further our understanding of the intersection between religion and the life course in the period c. 1550–1800. Featuring chapters on Catholic, Protestant and Jewish communities, it encourages cross-confessional comparison between life stages and rites of passage that were of religious significance to all faiths in early mode England. The book considers biological processes such as birth and death, aspects of the social life cycle including schooling, coming of age and marriage and understandings of religious transition points such as spiritual awakenings and conversion. Through this inclusive and interdisciplinary approach, it seeks to show that the life cycle was not something fixed or predetermined and that early mode individuals experienced multiple, overlapping life cycles.