Birth, Marriage, and Death: Ritual, Religion, and the Life Cycle in Tudor and Stuart England, (Paperback)

from wealhtheowwylfing

My basic problem with this book is that it is not so much history or even an examination of "Birth, Marriage and Death" in Tudor and Stuart England, but rather a long series of quotes from sources. Cressy doesn't seem to have any real agenda or point--he's not trying to prove anything. Instead, h...

from Angelic55blonde

I actually had to read this for an MA class in history and it's definitely a textbook of the Tudor and Stuart time period so it can be kind of dry. But it is thoroughly researched and offers up very important conclusions about the social life of the Tudor/Stuart period and anyone who wants the re...

from Angelic55blonde

I actually had to read this for an MA class in history and it's definitely a textbook of the Tudor and Stuart time period so it can be kind of dry. But it is thoroughly researched and offers up very important conclusions about the social life of the Tudor/Stuart period and anyone who wants the re...