Cover illustrations: (central image) Ars moriendi, demons tempt the dying man with crowns (a medieval allegory to earthly pride) under the disapproving gaze of Mary, Christ and God, c.1460, Netherlands, woodblock seven (4a) of eleven, public domain; (background image) Images from Peter Isselburg, Bericht: wie es gehe/Gar nach dem A,B,C, Welche sich zur Ehe/Vnbesonnen geben///Da jhr gantzes Leben/Hat zu widerstreben (Nuremberg: 1616), UB Erlangen-Nürnberg, A II 8 (see also page 6 in this volume).
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Names: Brunner, Benedikt, 1986- editor. | Christ, Martin, 1991- editor.
Title: The moment of death in early modern Europe, c. 1450–1800 : contested ideals, controversial spaces, and suspicious objects / edited by Benedikt Brunner, Martin Christ.
Other titles: Moment of death in early modern Europe, circa 1450–1800
Description: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2024. | Series: Intersections, 1568-1181 ; volume 89 | Includes bibliographical references and index.
Identifiers: LCCN 2024002817 (print) | LCCN 2024002818 (ebook) | ISBN 9789004517738 (hardback) | ISBN 9789004517745 (ebook)
Subjects: LCSH: Death—Social aspects—Europe—History—16th century. | Death—Social aspects—Europe—History—17th century. | Death—Symbolic aspects—Europe—History—16th century. | Death—Symbolic aspects— Europe—History—16th century.
Classification: LCC GT3242 .M66 2024 (print) | LCC GT3242 (ebook) | DDC 306.09409/031—dc23/eng/20240307
LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2024002817
LC ebook record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2024002818
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ISSN 1568-1181
ISBN 978-90-04-51773-8 (hardback)
ISBN 978-90-04-51774-5 (e-book)
DOI 10.1163/9789004517745
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