Court Festivals of the European Renaissance - Art, Politics and Performance (Hardcover, New edition)

Festival culture is an area which has attracted increasing interest in the field of Renaissance studies in recent years. In part the outcome of scholars' focus on the place of the city in the establishment and dissemination of common culture, the attention paid to festivals also arises from the interdisciplinary nature of the topic, which reaches across the usual demarcation lines between disciplines such as cultural, political and economic history, literature, and the visual and performing arts. The scholars contributing to this volume include representatives from all these disciplines. Their essays explore common themes in festival culture across Renaissance Europe, including the use of festival in political self-fashioning and the construction of a national self-image. Moreover, in their detailed examination of particular types of festival, they challenge generalizations and demonstrate the degree to which these events were influenced the personality of the prince, the sources of funding for the ceremony, and the role of festival managers. Usually perceived as binding forces promoting social cohesion, festivals held the potential for discord, as some of the essays here reveal. Examining a wide range of festivals including coronations, triumphal entries, funerals and courtly spectacles, this volume provides a more inclusive understanding than hitherto of festivals and their role in European Renaissance culture.

General

Imprint:	Ashgate Publishing Limited
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	November 2002
First published:	2002
Editors:	Elizabeth Goldring • J.R. Mulryne
Dimensions:	234 x 156 x 30mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	426
Edition:	New edition
ISBN-13:	978-0-7546-0628-4
Categories:	Books > Arts & Architecture > Performing arts > Other public performances & spectacles > Pageants, parades, festivals Books > Humanities > History > World history > 500 to 1500 Books > Humanities > History > World history > 1500 to 1750 Books > Humanities > History > European history > General Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social institutions > Customs & folklore > Customs Books > History > European history > General Books > History > World history > 1500 to 1750 Books > History > World history > 500 to 1500 Promotions
LSN:	0-7546-0628-7
Barcode:	9780754606284

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