Browse Hierarchy HIST7014: The History of Death and Dying in Britain 1750-1900

This module introduces students to the social and medical history of death and dying in England, 1750-1900. It explores a variety of historiographical debates about the cultural meaning of death through a diverse range of funerary artefacts, as well as printed primary medical texts. In this way, it examines the social meaning of death, as well as efforts by the medical profession to alleviate the suffering of dying patients appropriately. Thus, it explores the wider socio-medico meaning of death for eighteenth and nineteenth century society.