Ritual in Early Modern Europe: (New Approaches to European History 2nd Revised edition)
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Ritual in Early Modern Europe: (New Approaches to European History 2nd Revised edition)

Ritual in Early Modern Europe: (New Approaches to European History 2nd Revised edition)

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Edward Muir (Author)  

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The comprehensive 2005 study of rituals in early modern Europe argues that between about 1400 and 1700 a revolution in ritual theory took place that utterly transformed concepts about time, the body, and the presence of spiritual forces in the world. Edward Muir draws on extensive historical research to emphasize the persistence of traditional Christian ritual practices even as educated elites attempted to privilege reason over passion, textual interpretation over ritual action, and moral rectitude over gaining access to supernatural powers. Edward Muir discusses wide ranging themes such as rites of passage, carnivalesque festivity, the rise of manners, Protestant and Catholic Reformations, the alleged anti-Christian rituals of Jews and witches. This edition examines the impact on the European understanding of ritual from the discoveries of new civilizations in the Americas and missionary efforts in China and adds more material about rituals peculiar to women. 9 Halftones, unspecified
Edward Muir is Professor of History of the Northwestern University. His publications include Civic Ritual in Renaissance Venice (1981) and Mad Blood Stirring: Vendetta in Renaissance Italy (1998).
  • Contributor: Edward Muir
  • Imprint: Cambridge University Press
  • ISBN13: 9780521602402
  • Number of Pages: 334
  • Packaged Dimensions: 152x226x20mm
  • Packaged Weight: 480
  • Format: Paperback
  • Publisher: Cambridge University Press
  • Release Date: 2005-08-18
  • Series: New Approaches to European History
  • Binding: Paperback / softback
  • Biography: Edward Muir is Professor of History of the Northwestern University. His publications include Civic Ritual in Renaissance Venice (1981) and Mad Blood Stirring: Vendetta in Renaissance Italy (1998).

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