Power and ceremony in European history : rituals, practices and representative bodies since the late Middle Ages / [edited by] Jonathan Spangler and Anna Kalinowska.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Kalinowska, Anna, editor.

Spangler, Jonathan, editor.

Series:

Cultures of early Modern Europe.

Cultures of early Modern Europe

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Monarchy--Europe--To 1500.

Monarchy.

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

Europe.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (256 pages).

Edition:

First edition.

Distribution:

[London, England] : Bloomsbury Publishing, 2021

Place of Publication:

London [England] : Bloomsbury Academic, 2021.

Summary:

"From oaths and hand-kissing to coronations and baptisms, Power and Ceremony in European History considers the governing practices, courtly rituals, and expressions of power prevalent in Europe and the Ottoman Empire from the medieval age to the modern era. Bringing together political and art historical approaches to the study of power, this book reveals how ceremonies and rituals - far from simply being ostentatious displays of wealth - served as a primary means of communication between different participants in political and courtly life. It explores how ceremonial culture changed over time and in different regions to provide readers with a nuanced comparative understanding of rituals and ceremonies since the middle ages, showing how such performances were integral to the evolution of the state in Europe. This collection of essays is of immense value to both historians and art historians interested in representations of power and the political culture of Europe from 1450 onwards."-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Introduction / Anna Kalinowska (Polish Academy of Sciences, Poland) and Jonathan Spangler (Manchester Metropolitan University, UK)

Part I. Coronation and enthronemnt. 1. Where exactly is the throne? Ottoman enthronement ceremonies in the 16th century / N. Zeynep Yelce (Sabanci University, Turkey) ; 2. Four kings of Sicily: proclamations and coronations in Palermo, 1700 - 1735 / Pablo Gonzalez Tornel (Universitat Jaume I, Spain) ; 3. The evolution of the British coronation rite, 1761 - 1953 / Nicholas Dixon (University of Cambridge, UK)

Part II. Ceremonial of Royal Courts. 4. The daily court ceremonial of the French queen in the 16th century / Vladimir Shishkin (St Petersburg State University, Russia) ; 5. Courtier ceremonies, etiquette and courtly space at the Spanish royal sites: an evolution / Jose Eloy Hortal Munoz (Universidad Rey Juan Carlos, Spain) ; 6. The royal baptism in the Spanish court: art and ritual from the 15th to the 18th century / Immaculda Rodriguez Moya (Universitat Jaume I, Spain)

Part III. Ceremonial of institutions and representative bodies. 7. Not the ruler, but the land: estates as corporations in the early 17th-century ceremonial order / Gabor Karman (Hunagrian Academy of Sciences, Hungary) ; 8. Oath and hand-kissing ceremonies of kingship in a monarchia composita: Sabaudian states from the 17th to the 19th centuries / Andrea Merlotti (Centro Studi della Residenze Reali Sabaude, Italy) ; 9. The parodox of the Lit de Justice : loving and defying the king in the 18th century / Anne Byrne (Birkbeck Univeristy of London, UK)

Part IV. Tangible and intangible elements in staging ceremonies. 10. Jagiellonians and Habsburgs: dynastic heraldic representations in central Europe from the 15th to the 17th century / Geza Palffy (Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Hungary) ; 11. Operas and masquerades: court rituals and entertainments under George I of Brunswick-Luneburg in electorate of Hanover and Britain / Babara Arciszewska (University of Warsaw, Poland).

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781350152212

1350152218

9781350152205

135015220X

9781350152199

1350152196

OCLC:

1240681341