Download or read book Death, Religion, and the Family in England, 1480-1750 written by Ralph Anthony Houlbrooke and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2000 with total page 460 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume examines the effects of religious change on the English way of death between 1480 and 1750. It discusses relatively neglected aspects of the subject such as the death-bed, will-making and the last rites.