Death, Life, and Religious Change in Scottish Towns C. 1350-1560

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Exploring the interplay between life and death in Scottish towns from 1350 to 1560, this book delves into the impact of the Black Death and the subsequent Catholic Reform movement. It investigates how townspeople navigated their individual desires within communal religious practices, revealing the beliefs about the dead's influence on the living and vice versa. The narrative highlights both continuities and shifts in lay religious culture, emphasizing a unique historical sequence leading to the Protestant Reformation in Scotland.