From its earliest centuries, one of the most notable features of Christianity has been the veneration of the saints—the holy dead. This ambitious history tell
This is the first comprehensive study of one of the most important aspects of the Reformation in England: its impact on the status of the dead. Protestant refor
Koslofsky examines the human encounter with death in Germany from the eve of the Reformation to the rise of Pietism. The Protestant Reformation transformed the