Ceremonial Entries, Municipal Liberties and the Negotiation of Power in Valois France, 1328-1589 / Neil Murphy.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Murphy, Neil, 1980- author.

Series:

Rulers & elites ; Volume 7.

Rulers and Elites Series ; Volume 7

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Municipal government--France--History.

Municipal government.

Manners and customs.

Political science.

Power (Social sciences).

Physical Description:

1 online resource.

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Brill 2016

Leiden, Netherlands : Koninklijke Brill NV, [2016]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

"In a fresh examination of the French ceremonial entry, Neil Murphy considers the role these events played in the negotiation between urban elites and the Valois monarchy for rights and liberties. Moving away from the customary focus on the pageantry, this book focuses on how urban governments used these ceremonies to offer the ruler (or his representatives) petitions regarding their rights, liberties and customs. Drawing on extensive research, he shows that ceremonial entries lay at the heart of how the state functioned in later medieval and Renaissance France"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Introduction: Framing royal entries

Confirming municipal liberties

Petitioning the king

Accessing the king

Royal authority in the provinces.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

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Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

90-04-31371-0

Publisher Number:

10.1163/9789004313712 DOI

Access Restriction:

Unrestricted online access

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