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Author:   Barbara Hanawalt ,  Kathryn Reyerson
Publisher:   University of Minnesota Press
Imprint:   University of Minnesota Press
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.50cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.650kg
ISBN:  

9780816623594

ISBN 10:   0816623597
Pages:   352
Publication Date:   06 June 1994
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Part 1 Ritual significance in municipal and royal politics: Configurations of the community in late medieval spectacles - Paris and London during the dual monarchy, Lawrence Bryant; Civic liturgies and urban records in northern France 12th-14th centuries, Brigitte Bedos-Rezak; La grant fest - Philip the Fair's celebration of the knighting of his sons in Paris at Pentecost of 1313, Elizabeth A.R. Brown and Nancy Freeman Regalado. Part 2 Public and private religious expression in the urban context: Icons, altarpieces, and civic ritual in Siena Cathedral 1200-1530, Bram Kempers; The liturgy of the Count's advent in Bruges from Galbert to Van Eyck, James Murray; The spectacle of suffering in Spanish streets, Maureen Flynn. Part 3 Harmony and dissonance in the urban ceremonial community: Ceremony and oligarchy - the London Midsummer watch, Sheila Lindenbaum; Social separateness and urban ceremony - the guild of St George, Benjamin McRee; The politics of welcome - ceremonies and constitutional development in later medieval English towns, Lorraine Attreed. Part 4 The political overtones of public entertainment: The Duke and his towns - The power of ceremonies, feasts, and public amusement in the Duchy of Guelders (east Netherlands) in the 14th and 15th centuries, Gerard Nijsten; In the pit of the Burgundian Theatre state - urban traditions and princely ambitions in Ghent, 1360-1420, David Nicholas. (part contents).

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Barbara A. Hanawalt is a professor of history at the University of Minnesota, where she is director of the Center for Medieval Studies. Kathryn L. Reyerson is professor of history at the University of Minnesota.

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