Birth, Death, and Domestic Religion in early modern London

Name: Birth, Death, and Domestic Religion in early modern London
Brand: Cambridge University Press
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By Emily Vine

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Early modern London has long been recognised as a centre of religious diversity, yet the role of the home as the setting of religious practice for all faiths has been largely overlooked. In contrast, this study offers the first examination of domestic religion in London during a period of intense religious change, between the Gunpowder Plot of 1605 and the Gordon Riots of 1780. Emily Vine considers both Christian and Jewish practices, comparing the experiences of Catholics, Sephardi and Ashkenazi Jews, Huguenots, and confirming and nonconfirming Protestants alike. Through its focus on the crowded metropolis as a place where households of different faiths coexisted, this study explores how religious communities operated beyond and in parallel to places of public worship. Vine demonstrates how families of different faiths experienced childbirth and death, arguing that homes became 'permeable' settings of communal religion at critical moments of the life cycle. By focusing on practices beyond the synagogue, meeting house, or church, this book demonstrates the vitality of collective devotion and kinship throughout the long eighteenth century.

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Edition:: 1
Number of Pages:: 276
Release Date:: 2025-07-31
Publication Date:: 2025-06-23
Publisher:: Cambridge University Press
Languages:: Original: English
ISBN10:: 1009457233
ISBN13:: 9781009457231
Weight:: 554 g
Height:: 157 cm
Width:: 235 cm
Thickness:: 19 cm

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