Christ on a donkey : Palm Sunday, triumphal entries, and blasphemous pageants / Max Harris.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Harris, Max, 1949- author.

Series:

Early social performance

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Palm Sunday.

Processions, Religious--Christianity.

Processions, Religious.

Physical Description:

xii, 277 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Kalamazoo : Arc Humanities Press, [2019]

Contents:

Part 1 Pomp

I Triumphal Entries: From Charlemagne To Oliver Cromwell

1 Charlemagne's Birthday Pomp p. 9

2 Kings Dead or Alive p. 17

3 Warrior Popes p. 23

4 Mud, Plague, and the Lord Protector p. 33

II Palm Sunday Processions: From Egeria To Peter The Great

5 Palms of Victory p. 45

6 Exalted and Eccentric Images p. 55

7 Crusaders, Patriarchs, and Emperors p. 65

8 The Horse with Donkey's Ears p. 73

Part 2 James Nayler And Jesus Of Nazareth

9 James Nayler's Royal Progress p. 91

10 Jesus on a Jackass p. 105

Part 3 Donkeys

I A Scarcity Of Donkeys: From Udine To El Alto

11 Under Muslim Rule p. 115

12 White Horses and Imagined Donkeys p. 125

13 Live Donkeys at Last p. 135

II Wooden Christs On Wooden Donkeys: From Augsburg To Chiquitos

14 An Image of the Lord Seated on an Ass p. 145

15 The Lord God Belongs to the Butchers p. 159

16 The Persecution of the Palmesel p. 171

17 Baroque Splendour and Catholic Enlightenment p. 187

18 The Donkey that Walked on Water p. 197

19 Survivals and Revivals p. 207.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

ebook version :

ISBN:

9781641892872

1641892870

OCLC:

1091691763

Publisher Number:

99980991460