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The kiss of peace : ritual, self, and society in the high and late medieval West / by Kiril Petkov.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Petkov, Kiril, 1964-
- Series:
- Cultures, beliefs, and traditions ; v. 17.
- Cultures, beliefs and traditions ; v. 17
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Kissing--Political aspects--Europe, Western--History.
- Kissing.
- Reconciliation--Political aspects--Europe, Western--History.
- Reconciliation.
- Symbolism in politics--Europe, Western--History.
- Symbolism in politics.
- Rites and ceremonies, Medieval--Europe, Western.
- Rites and ceremonies, Medieval.
- Social history--Medieval, 500-1500.
- Social history.
- Social history--Medieval.
- History.
- Reconciliation--Political aspects.
- Europe--History--476-1492.
- Europe.
- Europe, Western--Social life and customs.
- Europe, Western.
- Western Europe.
- Manners and customs.
- Physical Description:
- viii, 355 pages ; 25 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2003.
- Contents:
- Introduction: Sub specie osculi 1
- Part 1 The Legal Bonds of Peace
- Chapter 1 The Contest for Supremacy: Ritual and the Law in the Eleventh and Twelfth Centuries 37
- Chapter 2 Transformations: Legal Ritual and the Evolution of Peacemaking in the Thirteenth Century 80
- Chapter 3 Withdrawal: The Decline of Legal Ritual in the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Centuries and Its Consequences 109
- Part 2 The Emotional Economy of Ritual
- Chapter 4 Sentiments at Work 144
- Chapter 5 Discourses and Practices 188
- Chapter 6 Emotions and Ritual Efficacy 211
- Part 3 Building Identities
- Chapter 7 Identity From Without 245
- Chapter 8 Identity From Within: Self and Person 290
- Chapter 9 Ends and Networks: Ritual Identity and the Other 310.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [333]-351) and index.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Alumni and Friends Memorial Book Fund.
- ISBN:
- 9004130381
- OCLC:
- 51861898
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