Resonances : historical essays on continuity and change / edited by Nils Holger Petersen, Eyolf Østrem, and Andreas Bücker.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Petersen, Nils Holger, editor.

Østrem, Eyolf, editor.

Bücker, Andreas, editor.

Series:

Ritus et artes ; Volume 5.

Ritus et artes ; Volume 5

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Change--Congresses.

Change.

Genre:

Aufsatzsammlung.

Conference papers and proceedings.

History.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (266 pages) : illustrations.

Place of Publication:

Turnhout, Belgium : Brepols, [2011]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

"This book offers a multidisciplinary collection of historiographical case studies which in various ways explore the question of the modes of interrelation between 'change' and 'continuity' in historical narratives in Western cultural history."--Introduction, p. [1].

Contents:

Introduction / Nils Holger Petersen

Continuity: Martyrdom in the west : vengeance, purge, salvation, and history / Philippe Buc ; From 'Theotokos' to 'Mater Dolorosa' : continuity and change in the images of Mary / Miri Rubin ; Altering the sacred face / Martin Wangsgaard Jürgensen

Change: Historical discourse in Renaissance Italy / Peter Burke ; Reproducing the Mona Lisa in nineteenth century France / Stephen Bann ; Kneeling before God

kneeling before the Emperor : the transformation of a ritual during the confessional conflict in Germany / Barbara Stollberg-Rilinger ; 'Un autre Saint Bernard' : representing Bernard of Clairvaux in the age of Louis XIV / Mette B. Bruun

Permanence: 'Quod infixum manet' : perseverance in Augustine and Heinrich von Kleist / M.B. Pranger ; Blowing bubbles in the postmodern era / Rob C. Wegman History and humour : 'Spartacus' and the existence of the past / Eyolf Østrem.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

2-503-53961-0