Kristina Jonsson
Death and Burial in Medieval and Post-Reformation Scandinavia
Change and continuity in popular religious practices
1Introduction
Perceptions of what happens after death, and how people deal with issues related to them, are aspects of life that, of course, are affected by religious changes in society. Religious change on the other hand, does not only affect Faith, but also related practices and their execution. In Scandinavia, as in the rest of Europe to a larger or lesser degree, you could say that we have seen three major religious conversions during the last two millennia: the Christianization, the Protestant Reformation but also the more diffuse secularization that can be related to Modernity. All three have had a large impact ...
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