A History of Death in 17th Century England
                                
                                
                             
                            
                         
                            
                            
                        Discover how people died in seventeenth-century England, from succumbing to epidemic disease to being hanged, drawn, and quartered as a traitor to the realm. Learn about what happened to the seventeenth-century corpse immediately after death, including how it was prepared, what it was dressed in, and where it went.