This book was facilitated by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada SSHRC (Sponsor ID: 435-2020-0376). Some contributions and the initial contact with the participants began as part of the “Death and Gender in the Early Modern Period” panel organised for the Renaissance Society of America Annual Conference, Dublin, April 2021. We want to thank María Rodrigo Tamarit and Emily Maggiacomo for their help with the edition of the volume. Some contributions were also facilitated by individual grants and the collaboration of other people, who are individually thanked in footnotes.