Symbolic Communication in Late Medieval Towns / edited by Jacoba van Leeuwen.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Leeuwen, Jacoba van.

Series:

Mediaevalia Lovaniensia ; ser. 1, studia 27.

Mediaevalia Lovaniensia ; series 1, studia 27

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Cities and towns, Medieval.

Symbolic interactionism.

Communication in politics--Europe--History.

Communication in politics.

Communication--Political aspects--Europe--History.

Communication.

Europe--Politics and government--476-1492.

Europe.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (147 p.)

Place of Publication:

Leuven : Leuven University Press, 2006.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This volume addresses symbolic forms of communication in the late medieval towns of the Low Countries, northern France and the Swiss Confederation. In context of State centralisation, the political autonomy of these towns was threatened by tensions with higher levels of power. Within this conflict both rulers and towns employed symbolic means of communication to legitimise their power position.The intensive use of rituals like theatreplays and gift-exchange demonstrates that symbolic forms of communication were no routine jobs. Towns and rulers actively appropriated and reread older traditions

Contents:

Symbolic Communication in Late Medieval Towns; Copyright; Contents; Introduction; Symbolic Communication in Medieval Studie; The Definitions of Symbolic Communication; Tradition and Innovation; Perception; The Late Medieval Town and the Entanglement of Civic and Princely Symbolic Actions; Ritual and State-Building: Ceremonies in Late Medieval Bruges; State Power and the 'Theatre-State'; The Ritual Process; 'Urban' and 'Princely' Ceremony in Bruges; Conclusion

Public Encounters between the City Council and the Episcopal Lord in Late Medieval Basel: Routine Jobs or Transitions in Symbolic Communication?Le roi et son double: A Royal Entry to Late-Medieval Abbeville; Appendix; Balancing Tradition and Rites of Rebellion: The Ritual Transfer of Power in Bruges on 12 February 1488; 1. The Traditional Ritual Transfer in Medieval Bruges; 2. The Revolt in Bruges: February 1488; 3. The Ritual Transfer of Power on 12 February 1488; 3.1. The Initiative of the Transfer of Power; 3.2. The Oath-formulae; 3.3 . The Ritual Space

3.4. The Positions of Power in the Town4. Conclusions; Giving by Pouring: The Function of Gifts of Wine in The City of Leiden (14th-16th Centuries); Introduction; A Gift Culture; A Quantitative Approach; Beneficiaries: The Prince and his Servants; Nobles and Clergymen; City Deputies; Wine for the Urban Elite; Conclusion; Negotiating and Establishing Peace Between Gestures and Written Documents: The Waldmann-Process in Late Medieval Zurich (1489); Introduction; 1. The Political Situation before the Conflict; 2. The 1489 Rebellion in Zurich; The Execution and its Aftermath; Conclusion; Register

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

94-6166-113-4

OCLC:

873808697