Death and Memory in Medieval Exeter Tapa blanda - 2003

Paperback. Very Good.

Exeter: Devon and Cornwall Record Society, 2003 Free of inscriptions with clean contents.

Devon & Cornwall Record Society, 2003. Paperback. New. 372 pages. 0.91x0.59x1.26 inches.

Paperback / softback. New. Death, burial, and the commemoration of the dead have been much studied by historians in recent years, but far less has been done to make available the sources on which these studies are based. This book sets out to fill the gap with an anthology of the rich and varied evidence that survives from the medieval city of Exeter. It begins with a history of burial practices in the city: where people were buried and why. This is followed by an edition of the only remaining local burial list, relating to the hospital of St John, and by a register of all the 650 people known to have had a funeral or burial in Exeter between 1050 and 1540 with details of dates and places. The second part of the book deals with wills and executors. It prints the eighteen earliest Exeter wills (1244-1349), and two rare documents drawn up by executors: the inventory of a prosperous widow's possessions (1324) and the impressive, hitherto unedited, executors' accounts of Andrew Kilkenny, dean of… Leer más