Craig M. Koslofsky is Assistant Professor of History at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign.

"...should be essential reading for all students of the Reformation." - Gary K. Waite, Canadian Journal of History Craig M. Koslofsky's book is an important contribution to the social history of the reformation. American Historical Review

• List of Illustrations List of Abbreviations Acknowledgements Death, Ritual and the Reformation PART ONE: SEPARATING THE LIVING FROM THE DEAD Souls: The Death of Purgatory and the Reformation Bodies: Placing the Dead in the German Reformation PART TWO: THE LUTHERAN FUNERAL RITUAL TO 1700 The Formation of the Lutheran Funeral Ritual Honor and Violence: Funerals in the Confessional Age From Disgrace to Distinction: Nocturnal Burial in Seventeenth Century Germany Death, Ritual and History Index