This innovative, interdisciplinary collection addresses religion and the life course in England c. 1550-1800. Considering Catholic, Protestant and Jewish experiences of biological, social and religious life stages, it suggests new ways of framing the multiple, overlapping life cycles that early modern individuals experienced.

Caroline Bowden is Senior Research Fellow in History at Queen Mary University of London

Emily Vine is Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the University of Birmingham

Tessa Whitehouse is Senior Lecturer in English at Queen Mary University of London