Ars Moriendi-art Of Dying Flashcards

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What was the Victorian art of dying- ars moriendi

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In the Victorian era, death was frequent and as a result victorians encouraged close proximity to the dying
- a good death was about making peace with god
A slow death such as from tuberculosis was romanticised as it gave people time for reconciliation

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