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Symbolic communication in late medieval towns /
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 b...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Leuven :
Leuven University Press,
2006.
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| Colección: | Mediaevalia Lovaniensia ;
ser. 1, studia 37. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | 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. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xx, 127 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9789461661135 9461661134 |