Death and the Early Modern Englishwoman

This study explores the female experience of death in early modern England. By tracing attitudes towards gender through the occasion of death it advances our understanding of the construction of femininity in the period. Becker illustrates how dying could be a positive event for a woman and for her mourners in terms of how it allowed her to be defined enabled and elevated. The first part of the book gives a cultural and historical overview of death in early modern England examining the means ...See More