TY - BOOK ID - 137617523 TI - The Puritan way of death PY - 1977 SN - 0190281189 1280522836 9786610522835 019802021X 9780198020219 9781280522833 0195022262 9780195022261 PB - New York Oxford University Press DB - UniCat KW - Death. KW - Puritans KW - Attitudes. UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:137617523 AB - This is more than a book about Puritans or about death. It is also about family, community, and identity in the modern world. The book is an intelligent and highly original study of 17th-century attitudes toward death, which were profoundly different from those in our own time. Prof. Stannard's object is not merely to understand that period but to provide a perspective on the present. He skillfully combines historical research with important hypotheses concerning social change. The book rests upon a strong command of social science literature and is written with grace and style. Illustrations. ER -