A talk by Carl Schultz at the historic Pickman House, 3/15/2024.

The Puritans of New England were a people very well acquainted with death and their idiosyncratic relationship with it led to a rich funeral culture that persisted for years after the collapse of the Puritan movement. A ritual that involved copious alcohol, but no sermons, the 17th Century funeral is at once very similar and completely different from the funerals of today.

Filmed and Edited by Pat Reed, SATV.