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Civic ceremony and religion in medieval Bruges c.1300-1520 /
"Public religious practice lay at the heart of civic society in late medieval Europe. In this illuminating study, Andrew Brown draws on the rich and previously little-researched archives of Bruges, one of medieval Europe's wealthiest and most important towns, to explore the role of religio...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Cambridge ; New York :
Cambridge University Press,
2011.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | "Public religious practice lay at the heart of civic society in late medieval Europe. In this illuminating study, Andrew Brown draws on the rich and previously little-researched archives of Bruges, one of medieval Europe's wealthiest and most important towns, to explore the role of religion and ceremony in urban society. The author situates the religious practices of citizens - their investment in the liturgy, commemorative services, guilds and charity - within the contexts of Bruges' highly diversified society and of the changes and crises the town experienced. Focusing on the religious processions and festivities sponsored by the municipal government, the author challenges much current thinking on, for example, the nature of 'civic religion'. Re-evaluating the ceremonial links between Bruges and its rulers, he questions whether rulers could dominate the urban landscape by religious or ceremonial means, and offers new insight into the interplay between ritual and power of relevance throughout medieval Europe"-- |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xiv, 368 pages) : illustrations, maps |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 329-350) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780511933363 0511933363 9780511933882 0511933886 9781107692039 1107692032 1107217261 9781107217263 0511853181 9780511853180 1282931776 9781282931770 9786612931772 6612931779 0511932006 9780511932007 0511930666 9780511930669 0511928157 9780511928154 |