Body, Gender and Culture: Infanticide and Abortion in Early Modern Germany (Hardcover)

from cmc

If you're looking for a comprehensive review of English funerary customs throughout history, this book will disappoint you. But if you're looking for a gentle introduction to the subject, complete with pointers to more detailed resources, this book might be just what you're hoping for.

from tloeffler

Fascinating study of how London has dealt with its dead over the years, beginning with the Celts and the Romans. Arnold discusses the difficulties encountered with burials during the multiple plagues and epidemics experienced in London, the development of the famous cemeteries outside of London, ...

from MiaCulpa

Arnold's "City of Sin", covering all the naughty things Londoners have gotten up to over the years, remains one of my favourite books. I thus hunted down a copy of "Necropolis" but sadly and belatedly realised that reading about the sexual hijinks of Londoners was always going to be much more int...

from nandadevi

I can't see any sense in lamenting that this book doesn't achieve a high level of scholastic rigour or focus, given that it is mass published paperback. It is, as the tag on the cover of the edition in my library explains, an 'entertainment'. Does it entertain? Well in parts. Personally the histo...

from dgbdgb

Excellent romp through burial in London's past - including sections on plague. Highly readable.