Abstract:The article discusses the transition from Catholic to Lutheran funeral liturgies and burial customs in Norway. The emphasis is on the transition phase, but lines are drawn both backwards and to practices in the early modern period. Liturgical and canonical sources constitute the main analyzed material, complemented by diplomas and a distinctive source type, the so-called church findings: discoveries of coins under the floor of churches from the time before and after the Reformation. The author points out that … Show more
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