Revised Widow's Weeds and Weeping Veils : Mourning Rituals in 19th Century America by Bernadette Loeffel-Atkins

Revised Widow's Weeds and Weeping Veils : Mourning Rituals in 19th Century America

Bernadette Loeffel-Atkins

56 pages 2012

2 editions

nonfiction history informative medium-paced
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In the nineteenth century, death was an ever present companion. High infant mortality and risk in childbirth, disease and warfare were daily reminders of the impermanence of life and the inevitability of death. The Victorian era both in Europe and...

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