Dying Prepared in Medieval and Early Modern Northern Europe

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1 Introduction: Preparing for a Good Death in Medieval and Early Modern Northern Europe

2 Restless Dead or Peaceful Cadavers? Preparations for Death and Afterlife in Medieval Iceland

3 William Wykeham, Bishop of Winchester (1366–1404) and His Preparations for Death

4 “At Death’s Door”: The Authority of Deathbed Confessions in Medieval and Early Modern Swedish Law

5 The Concern for Salvation in the Cities of Lesser Poland in the Sixteenth Century

6 Death with an Agenda: Preparing for an Aristocratic Death in Reformation Sweden

7 Dying Unprepared in Early Modern Swedish Funeral Sermons

8 “Lord, have mercy on me”: Spiritual Preparations for Suicide in Early Modern Sweden

9 Preparing for Death: Concluding Remarks

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