 | Learning to Die in London, 1380-1540 Subjects: English literature -- Middle English 1100–1500 -- History and criticism; Death in literature; Death -- England -- London; Death -- England -- London -- Psychological aspects; Death -- Political aspects -- England -- London; Learning to Die in London, 1380-1540 argues that the educated awareness of death and mortality was a vital aspect of the city's civic culture, critical not only to the shaping of single lives and the management of households but also to practices of cultural memory, building of institutions, and good government of the city itself. Amy Appleford teaches English at Boston University. |
