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Part 1. Death And Funerary Practices -- Part 2. Testaments, Property, Family -- Part 3. Funerary Art, Monuments, And Memorialization. Edited By Angela Jianu And Gheorghe Lazăr. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. Electronic Reproduction. London Available Via World Wide Web. Angela Jianu Studied English And Classics At The University Of Bucharest In Romania And Obtained A Phd In History From The University Of York (uk) In 2004. She Currently Works As An Independent Historian, Copy Editor, And Translator. Her Publications Include: Women, Fashion And Europeanisation In The Romanian Principalities, In Women In The Ottoman Balkans, Eds. Amila Buturović And Irvin C. Schick (2007) (trans. Into Turkish As Osmanlı Dőneminde Balkan Kadinlari, 2009); Earthly Delights - Economies And Cultures Of Food In Ottoman And Danubian Europe, C. 1500-1900, Eds. Angela Jianu And Violeta Barbu (brill, Leiden, 2018). Gheorghe Lazăr Is A Senior Research Fellow At The Nicolae Iorga Institute Of History (bucharest, Romania), Co-editor (with Violeta Barbu) And Coordinator Of The Collection Of Mediaeval Documents Documenta Romaniae Historica B. Wallachia, Published By The Romanian Academy (10 Volumes, 1998-2016). He Obtained A Phd In History At Laval-québec University In 2005. His Doctoral Dissertation Was Published In 2006 As: Naissance Et Ascension D'une Catégorie Sociale: Les Marchands En Valachie (xviie-xviiie Sic̈les) (romanian Academy Award 2008). His Published Works Include Edited Documents Of Social, Economic, And Family History: Mărturie Pentru Posteritate: Testamentul Negustorului Ioan Băluţă Din Craiova (2010); Documente Privitoare La Negustorii Din Ţara Romńească, Vol. 1 (1656-1688), Vol. 2 (1689-1714) (2013, 2014); Testamente De Negustori Şi Meşteşugari Din Ţara Romńească (secolele Xvii-xix), 2021.