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No Ordinary Deaths
A People's History of Mortality
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History is dominated by the A-list deaths—Queens beheaded, Archdukes assassinated. But what about everyone else? How did ordinary people through history prepare for the end, depart this life, grieve their loved ones and imagine what came next? From the professional death-watchers of the Middle Ages to...
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A vibrant, compelling social history of death, dying, and how our ends shape our lives and societies
A vibrant, compelling social history of death, dying, and how our ends shape our lives and societies
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History is dominated by the A-list deaths—Queens beheaded, Archdukes assassinated. But what about everyone else? How did ordinary people through history prepare for the end, depart this life, grieve their loved ones and imagine what came next?
From the professional death-watchers of the Middle Ages to the fabulous Victorian funeral garments that kick-started fast fashion, historian and bereavement counsellor Molly Conisbee explores how cycles of dying, death, and disposal shaped not just the lives of our ancestors, but their beliefs, politics, and societies too.
Richly told and deeply researched, No Ordinary Deaths uses the stories of everyday people—from a condemned criminal to a Welsh folklorist and a grieving daughter in 1880s London—to open a window into the hopes, fears, and wishes of our forebears, and in the process, bring death... to life.
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INFORMATION
ISBN: 9781800815872
Publisher: Profile Books Ltd
Format: Hardback
Date Published: 01 May 2025
Country: United Kingdom
Imprint: Wellcome Collection
Edition: Main
Audience: General / adult, Tertiary education, Professional and scholarly
DIMENSIONS
Spine width: 36.0mm
Width: 162.0mm
Height: 238.0mm
Weight: 574g
Pages: 368
About the Author
Molly Conisbee is a social historian who works at the University of Bristol. A bereavement counsellor and expert on the social history of death and mourning, she has curated walks on the history of death around the country, and has written for the Guardian, Ecologist and Red Pepper.
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