Book contents
- Frontmatter
- PREFACE
- Contents
- ILLUSTRATIONS OF THE FIRST VOLUME
- CHAP. I INTRODUCTORY
- CHAP. II HISTORICAL
- CHAP. III POLITICAL
- CHAP. IV ARRIVAL IN TRANSYLVANIA—FIRST IMPRESSIONS
- CHAP. V SAXON HISTORICAL FEAST—LEGEND
- CHAP. VI THE SAXONS: CHARACTER—EDUCATION RELIGION
- CHAP. VII SAXON VILLAGES
- CHAP. VIII SAXON INTERIORS CHARACTER
- CHAP. IX SAXON CHURCHES AND SIEGES
- CHAP. X THE SAXON VILLAGE PASTOR
- CHAP. XI THE SAXON BROTHERHOODS NEIGHBOURHOODS AND VILLAGE HANN
- CHAP. XII THE SAXONS: DRESS—SPINNING AND DANCING
- CHAP. XIII THE SAXONS: BETROTHAL
- CHAP. XIV THE SAXONS: MARRIAGE
- CHAP. XV THE SAXONS: BIRTH AND INFANCY
- CHAP. XVI THE SAXONS: DEATH AND BURIAL
- CHAP. XVII THE ROUMANIANS: THEIR ORIGIN
- CHAP. XVIII THE ROUMANIANS: THEIR RELIGION—POPAS AND CHURCHES
- CHAP. XIX THE ROUMANIANS: THEIR CHARACTER
- CHAP. XX ROUMANIAN LIFE
- CHAP. XXI ROUMANIAN MARRIAGE AND MORALITY
- CHAP. XXII THE ROUMANIANS: DANCING, SONGS, MUSIC, STORIES, AND PROVERBS
- CHAP. XXIII ROUMANIAN POETRY
- CHAP. XXIV THE ROUMANIANS: NATIONALITY AND ATROCITIES
- CHAP. XXV THE ROUMANIANS: DEATH AND BURIAL—VAMPIRES AND WERE-WOLVES
- CHAP. XXVI ROUMANIAN SUPERSTITION: DAYS AND HOURS
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CHAP. XVI - THE SAXONS: DEATH AND BURIAL
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 November 2015
- Frontmatter
- PREFACE
- Contents
- ILLUSTRATIONS OF THE FIRST VOLUME
- CHAP. I INTRODUCTORY
- CHAP. II HISTORICAL
- CHAP. III POLITICAL
- CHAP. IV ARRIVAL IN TRANSYLVANIA—FIRST IMPRESSIONS
- CHAP. V SAXON HISTORICAL FEAST—LEGEND
- CHAP. VI THE SAXONS: CHARACTER—EDUCATION RELIGION
- CHAP. VII SAXON VILLAGES
- CHAP. VIII SAXON INTERIORS CHARACTER
- CHAP. IX SAXON CHURCHES AND SIEGES
- CHAP. X THE SAXON VILLAGE PASTOR
- CHAP. XI THE SAXON BROTHERHOODS NEIGHBOURHOODS AND VILLAGE HANN
- CHAP. XII THE SAXONS: DRESS—SPINNING AND DANCING
- CHAP. XIII THE SAXONS: BETROTHAL
- CHAP. XIV THE SAXONS: MARRIAGE
- CHAP. XV THE SAXONS: BIRTH AND INFANCY
- CHAP. XVI THE SAXONS: DEATH AND BURIAL
- CHAP. XVII THE ROUMANIANS: THEIR ORIGIN
- CHAP. XVIII THE ROUMANIANS: THEIR RELIGION—POPAS AND CHURCHES
- CHAP. XIX THE ROUMANIANS: THEIR CHARACTER
- CHAP. XX ROUMANIAN LIFE
- CHAP. XXI ROUMANIAN MARRIAGE AND MORALITY
- CHAP. XXII THE ROUMANIANS: DANCING, SONGS, MUSIC, STORIES, AND PROVERBS
- CHAP. XXIII ROUMANIAN POETRY
- CHAP. XXIV THE ROUMANIANS: NATIONALITY AND ATROCITIES
- CHAP. XXV THE ROUMANIANS: DEATH AND BURIAL—VAMPIRES AND WERE-WOLVES
- CHAP. XXVI ROUMANIAN SUPERSTITION: DAYS AND HOURS
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- The Land Beyond the ForestFacts, Figures, and Fancies from Transylvania, pp. 202 - 209Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2010First published in: 1888