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The Ceremonial City : Toulouse Observed, 1738-1780

From public executions to religious processions to political festivities, Toulouse's ceremonial life was remarkably rich in the decades prior to the French Revolution. In an engaging portrait that conveys this provincial city in all its splendor and misery, Robert Schneider explores how Toulous...

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Détails bibliographiques
Auteur principal: Schneider, Robert A.
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Princeton : Princeton University Press, 2001.
Collection:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Accès en ligne:Texto completo
Table des matières:
  • Cover13;
  • Contents13;
  • ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
  • INTRODUCTION13;
  • CHAPTER ONE The Observer and His Diary
  • CHAPTER TWO The City
  • CHAPTER THREE Justice in the Streets
  • CHAPTER FOUR Public Devotions
  • CHAPTER FIVE Political Festivities
  • CONCLUSION Thinking about the Ceremonial City13;
  • INDEX.