This study explores the femail experience of death in early modern England. By tracing attitudes towards gender through the occasion of death, it aims to advance the understanding of the construction of femininity during the period. '... a careful treatment of a wide variety of primary materials... the variety of examples (wills, poetry, commonplace books, sermons, letters, treatises, diaries, memorials) lends authority to her claim of a culture-wide picture... will give you a richer understanding of the complexity and contradictions implicit in early modern death and mourning.' Clio