The Dangers of Ritual : : Between Early Medieval Texts and Social Scientific Theory /

The Dangers of Ritual : : Between Early Medieval Texts and Social Scientific Theory / / Philippe Buc.

Central to current understandings of medieval history is the concept of political ritual, encompassing events from coronations to funerals, entries into cities, civic games, banquets, hunting, acts of submission or commendation, and more. ''Ritual?'' asks Philippe Buc. In The Dan...

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Buc, Philippe,
Place / Publishing House:Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2021]
©2001
Year of Publication:2021
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (288 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • CONTENTS
  • PREFACE
  • ABBREVIATIONS
  • INTRODUCTION
  • PART I Late Antique and Early Medieval Narratives
  • Chapter One WRITING OTTOMAN HEGEMONY: GOOD RITUALS AND BAD RITUALS IN LIUDPRAND OF CREMONA
  • Chapter Two RITUAL CONSENSUS AND RITUAL VIOLENCE: TEXTS AND EVENTS IN NINTH-CENTURY CAROLINGIAN POLITICAL CULTURE
  • Chapter Three RITES OF SAINTS AND RITES OF KINGS: CONSENSUS AND TRANSGRESSION IN THE WORKS OF GREGORY OF TOURS
  • Chapter Four THE LATE ANTIQUE MATRIX: MARTYRDOM AND RITUAL
  • PART II From Theology to the Social Sciences, ca. 1500-ca. 1970
  • Introduction
  • Chapter Five RITES, RITUALS, AND ORDER, CA. 1500-CA. 1800
  • Chapter Six MEDIEVAL HISTORY AND THE SOCIAL SCIENCES, CA. 1800-CA. 1970
  • Chapter Seven EPILOGUE
  • Index

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