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SUMMARY:Placing the dead in 18th century European metropolis: institutions
 \, economy\, beliefs - Diego Carnevale (Birkbeck)
DTSTART:20170123T130000Z
DTEND:20170123T140000Z
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DESCRIPTION:Studying burials\, broadly defined\, allows a comprehensive pe
 rspective on the policies and practices adopted by early modern societies 
 to satisfy an important need of the community. This need is material and i
 mmaterial at the same time: in fact\, every city faced the attempt to reco
 ncile logistical\, economical\, juridical\, sanitary and spiritual require
 ments in properly disposing of the dead. Can we define as a “public” s
 ervice the system of rules and means putted in place to satisfy this need?
 \n\nFunerals and burials involved a large and diverse number of actors (go
 vernment\, city authorities\, Church\, confraternities\, corporations\, an
 d many individuals such as artisans\, undertakers\, tradesmen\, etc.) who 
 worked according to a complex system of formal regulations and customary p
 ractices built around the need to give everyone a proper burial.\n\nI will
  show how the interactions between these actors structured a service for t
 he community in two urban realities of 18th century Europe: Naples and Par
 is. For most of the operators\, such as the secular clergy\, this activity
  was an important source of privileges and financial support\, becoming a 
 key element of their concrete action on urban space. Following the two exa
 mples of Naples and Paris\, I will finally discuss the opportunity to exte
 nd the comparison to London during the same period. 
LOCATION:Seminar Room 5\, Faculty of History
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