Civic ritual in Renaissance Venice / Edward Muir.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Muir, Edward, 1946- author.

Series:

LPE Limited Paperback Editions.

LPE Limited Paperback Editions

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Municipal ceremonial--Italy--Venice.

Municipal ceremonial.

Festivals--Italy--Venice.

Festivals.

Venice (Italy)--History--1508-1797.

Venice (Italy).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xiv, 356 pages) : illustrations

Manufacture:

Baltimore, Md. : Project MUSE, 2021

Place of Publication:

Princeton, N. Y. : Princeton Univ. Press, 1981.

Summary:

Venice's reputation for political stability and a strong, balanced republican government holds a prominent place in European political theory. Edward Muir traces the origins and development of this reputation, paying particular attention to the sixteenth century, when civic ritual in Venice reached its peak. He shows how the ritualization of society and politics was an important reason for Venice's stability. Influenced in part by cultural anthropology, he establishes and applies to Venice a new methodology for the historical study of civic ritual.

Contents:

Front matter

CONTENTS

LIST OF FIGURES

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

ABBREVIATIONS AND A NOTE ON DATING

CIVIC RITUAL IN RENAISSANCE VENICE

INTRODUCTION

Map: The Ritual Geography of Venice

PART ONE : MYTH AND RITUAL

PART TWO: AN INHERITANCE OF LEGEND AND RITUAL

PART THREE: GOVERNMENT BY RITUAL

CONCLUSION

MANUSCRIPT SOURCES

BIBLIOGRAPHY

INDEX

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on: online resource; title from pdf title page (ACLS Humanities, viewed January 12, 2021).

ISBN:

0-691-20135-8

OCLC:

1125153785