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Life during the Victorian period was marked by the ever-present reality of death. Few families illustrate this more vividly than the Brontës, who buried many parishioners, experienced repeated bereavements themselves, and whose writings reflect Victorian attitudes towards death, mourning, memory, and the hope of reunion. Their experiences provide a poignant backdrop to the customs and beliefs explored in this talk.

By examining the rituals that helped people cope with grief in the past, this talk reveals how communities navigated loss with creativity and resilience, and how some of the underlying ideas can still help us to deal with loss today.

November's Thursday Talk will be delivered by Dr Helen Frisby: lecturer, historian and author of Traditions of Death and Burial.