ISBN:
0754638731
Language:
English
,
Dutch
,
French
,
German
,
Italian
,
Spanish
Pages:
Online-Ressource (2 v)
,
ill. (some col.), maps
,
28 cm
Edition:
Online-Ausg. 2011 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
Additional Information:
Rezensiert in Wisch, Barbara [Rezension von: Mulryne, J. R., Europa Triumphans: Court and Civic Festivals in Early Modern Europe] 2006
Series Statement:
Publications of the Modern Humanities Research Association v. 15
Parallel Title:
Print version Europa Triumphans
DDC:
394.26/094
Keywords:
Festivals History
;
Pageants History
;
Europe Social life and customs
;
Europe Court and courtiers
;
History
Abstract:
A landmark in the study of early modern Europe, this two-volume collection makes available for the first time a selection of the most important texts from court and civic festival books. Festival entertainments were presented to mark such occasions as royal and ducal entries to capital cities, dynastic marriages, the birth and christening of heirs, religious feasts and royal and ducal funerals. Europa Triumphans represents the chronological and trans-European range of the court and civic festival. These festivals are considered not simply as texts, but as events, and are introduced by groups o
Description / Table of Contents:
Cover; CONTENTS: VOLUME I; List of Illustrations: Vol. I; Acknowledgements; List of Contributors; Members of the Steering Group; Preface to the e-book edition; General Preface; GENERAL INTRODUCTIONS; THE FESTIVALS FOR HENRI III IN CRACOW, VENICE, ORLEANS AND ROUEN; FESTIVALS IN GENOA IN THE SIXTEENTH AND SEVENTEENTH CENTURIES; FESTIVALS IN POLAND-LITHUANIA FORM THE SIXTEENTH TO THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY; CONTENTS: VOLUME II; List of Illustrations: Vol. II; FESTIVALS OF THE PROTESTANT UNION; FESTIVALS COMMEMORATING THE DEFEAT OF PROTESTANTISM IN LA ROCHELLE; FESTIVALS IN SCANDINAVIA
Description / Table of Contents:
THE NEW WORLD: SEVENTEENTH-CENTURY FESTIVALS IN THE VICEROYALTIES OF MEXICO AND PERUINDEX OF PROPER NAMES; INDEX OF SEARCH TERMS;
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and indexes
,
Maps on endpapers of both vols
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Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
,
In English with texts in Dutch, French, German, Italian, and Spanish
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