Download or read book When the Dead Rose in Britain written by Nicole C. Salomone and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2022-06-29 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.

Download or read book A General Catalogue of Valuable and Rare Old Books in the Ancient and Modern Languages and Various Classes of Literature written by Longman (Firm) and published by . This book was released on 1814 with total page 390 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Descriptive sketches of Rochester Chatham and their vicinities written by James Phippen and published by . This book was released on 1862 with total page 298 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Handbook to the Popular Poetical and Dramatic Literature of Great Britain written by William Carew Hazlitt and published by . This book was released on 1867 with total page 732 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Catalogue of Printed Books in the Library of the British Museum written by British Museum. Department of Printed Books and published by . This book was released on 1885 with total page 1082 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Catalogue of the Famous Library of Printed Books Collected by Henry Huth written by Henry Huth and published by . This book was released on 1911 with total page 1376 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Pack of Autolycus written by Hyder Edward Rollins and published by . This book was released on 1927 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Bibliotheca Cantiana written by John Russell Smith and published by . This book was released on 1837 with total page 390 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Family and Family Relationships 1500 1900 written by Rosemary O'Day and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 1994-10-26 with total page 363 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: While historians have written with ease about the state and the church, the family has so far defied historical analysis. As the primary cell of human social organisation, upon which both state and church depend, it is of crucial importance. In this concise, informative and stimulating book, Rosemary O'Day seeks to explain the difficulties facing the historian of the family and to suggest strategies for their solution. She compares families and households in time, space and economy over the period 1500-1914 and draws together the important existing work.

Download or read book British Museum Catalogue of printed Books written by and published by . This book was released on 1884 with total page 702 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Bibliotheca Cantiana a Bibliographical Account of what Has Been Published on the History Topography Antiquities of the County of Kent written by John Russel Smith and published by . This book was released on 1837 with total page 410 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Huth Library written by Henry Huth and published by . This book was released on 1880 with total page 396 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Hand book to the Popular Poetical and Dramatic Literature of Great Britain written by William Carew Hazlitt and published by . This book was released on 1867 with total page 728 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The National Union Catalog Pre 1956 Imprints written by and published by . This book was released on 1968 with total page 712 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Haunted Rochester written by Neil Arnold and published by The History Press. This book was released on 2011-04-01 with total page 190 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Rochester is riddled with tales of phantom monks, eerie tunnels, romantic spirits, dark apparitions, and ancient history, but pick up any book pertaining to ghostlore and you will find only a handful of tales from Rochester, which has become a much ignored haven of spiritual activity. Now, however, comes a unique volume which proves that Rochester is in fact one of the most haunted places in Kent. Its High Street alone harbours over forty ghost stories, whilst its surrounding schools, houses and pubs are home to many obscure spectres. The atmosphere described by Charles Dickens many years ago can now be seen in a more chilling light, so read on to discover the ghosts of Rochester's past.

Download or read book Hand Book to the Popular Poetical and Dramatic Literature of Great Britain written by William Carew Hazlitt and published by BoD – Books on Demand. This book was released on 2021-10-28 with total page 722 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reprint of the original, first published in 1867.

Download or read book Hand book to the Popular Poetical and Dramatic Literature of Grait Britain from the Invention of Printing to the Restoration By W Carew Hazlitt written by William Carew Hazlitt and published by . This book was released on 1867 with total page 724 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: