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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...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | Inglés |
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Leuven :
Leuven University Press,
2006.
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| Series: | Book collections on Project MUSE.
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| Online Access: | Texto completo |
| 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. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (147 pages): illustrations |
| ISBN: | 9789461661135 |