Author: James Cocks
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 220
Book Description
Chadkirk is also known as Romiley.
Memorials of Hatherlow and of the old Chadkirk chapel
Author: James Cocks
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 220
Book Description
Chadkirk is also known as Romiley.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 220
Book Description
Chadkirk is also known as Romiley.
When the "Dead" Rose in Britain
Author: Nicole C. Salomone
Publisher: McFarland
ISBN: 1476682747
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 232
Book Description
Through a detailed and fascinating exploration of changing medical knowledge and practice, this book provides a timeline of humankind's understanding of physiological death. Anchored in Early Modern Britain, it explains how evolving medical theories challenged the ambiguous definition of death, instigating anxieties over the newly realized potential for officials to mistake a person's time of death. Fears of premature burials were materialized as newspapers across Europe printed hundreds of articles about people who had been misdiagnosed as dead and were then buried--or nearly buried--alive. These stories, tallied in this text, present the first contemporary statistic of how frequently misdiagnosed death led to premature burial during the eighteenth century. The public consciousness of premature burial manifested itself in many ways, including the necessity of having a wake before a funeral and the creation of safety coffins. This book also explores the folkloric phenomenon of the rising dead and the stories that inspired a number of authors including Coleridge, Byron and Stoker, who blended medical understanding with fiction to create vampire literature.
Publisher: McFarland
ISBN: 1476682747
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 232
Book Description
Through a detailed and fascinating exploration of changing medical knowledge and practice, this book provides a timeline of humankind's understanding of physiological death. Anchored in Early Modern Britain, it explains how evolving medical theories challenged the ambiguous definition of death, instigating anxieties over the newly realized potential for officials to mistake a person's time of death. Fears of premature burials were materialized as newspapers across Europe printed hundreds of articles about people who had been misdiagnosed as dead and were then buried--or nearly buried--alive. These stories, tallied in this text, present the first contemporary statistic of how frequently misdiagnosed death led to premature burial during the eighteenth century. The public consciousness of premature burial manifested itself in many ways, including the necessity of having a wake before a funeral and the creation of safety coffins. This book also explores the folkloric phenomenon of the rising dead and the stories that inspired a number of authors including Coleridge, Byron and Stoker, who blended medical understanding with fiction to create vampire literature.
Catalogue
Author: Dobell, P.J. & A.E., booksellers, London
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Catalogs, Booksellers'
Languages : en
Pages : 36
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Catalogs, Booksellers'
Languages : en
Pages : 36
Book Description
Calendar of Persons Commemorated in Monumental Inscriptions
Author: Frank Charles Beazley
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Cheshire (England)
Languages : en
Pages : 260
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Cheshire (England)
Languages : en
Pages : 260
Book Description
Record Society for the Publication of Original Documents Relating to Lancashire and Cheshire
Author: Record Society of Lancashire and Cheshire
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Cheshire (England)
Languages : en
Pages : 256
Book Description
Includes the society's Report.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Cheshire (England)
Languages : en
Pages : 256
Book Description
Includes the society's Report.
An Inventory of Nonconformist Chapels and Meeting-houses in the North of England
Author: Christopher Stell
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Chapels
Languages : en
Pages : 380
Book Description
Nonconformity flourished in the north of England from the 17th century. Great preachers found refuge in the area, new denominations arose in the growing population and many an early meeting-house remains as witness to an age of turbulence and enthusiasm. The history of more than three centuries is visible in the range of nonconformist buildings explored in this volume - from the earliest Puritan chapel to the magnificent edifices raised by 19th-century manufacturing moguls. This volume presents a full record of buildings. Some still stand, some have been rebuilt and in others the process of rebuilding continues. Sadly buildings have been lost, but the breadth of knowledge contained in this volume is an encouragement to campaign for the survival of this diverse aspect of English architecture.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Chapels
Languages : en
Pages : 380
Book Description
Nonconformity flourished in the north of England from the 17th century. Great preachers found refuge in the area, new denominations arose in the growing population and many an early meeting-house remains as witness to an age of turbulence and enthusiasm. The history of more than three centuries is visible in the range of nonconformist buildings explored in this volume - from the earliest Puritan chapel to the magnificent edifices raised by 19th-century manufacturing moguls. This volume presents a full record of buildings. Some still stand, some have been rebuilt and in others the process of rebuilding continues. Sadly buildings have been lost, but the breadth of knowledge contained in this volume is an encouragement to campaign for the survival of this diverse aspect of English architecture.
Bibliotheca Cestriensis
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Cheshire (England)
Languages : en
Pages : 368
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Cheshire (England)
Languages : en
Pages : 368
Book Description
Transactions of the Lancashire and Cheshire Antiquarian Society
Author: Lancashire and Cheshire Antiquarian Society
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Cheshire (England)
Languages : en
Pages : 338
Book Description
Includes the Society's proceedings and list of members.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Cheshire (England)
Languages : en
Pages : 338
Book Description
Includes the Society's proceedings and list of members.
University Library Bulletin
Author: Cambridge University Library
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Catalogs
Languages : en
Pages : 546
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Catalogs
Languages : en
Pages : 546
Book Description
Transactions of the Congregational Historical Society
Author: Congregational Historical Society
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 468
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 468
Book Description