Catharine Arnold Quotes
- Following directly behind the bier were the servants who would, in earlier times, have been slaughtered at the graveside, along with a warrior's horse. Musicians…
- Death and burial were a public spectacle. Shakespeare may have seen for himself the gravediggers at St Ann's, Soho, playing skittles with skulls and bones.
- More than a hygienic method of disposing of the dead, cremation enabled lovers and comrades to be mingled together for eternity: