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Philippa Jackson - Beyond the Palio: Urbanism and Ritual in Renaissance Siena - 9781405155724 - V9781405155724
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Beyond the Palio: Urbanism and Ritual in Renaissance Siena

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Description for Beyond the Palio: Urbanism and Ritual in Renaissance Siena Paperback. Beyond the Palio is an interdisciplinary collection of essays examining the components and importance of ritual events and ceremonies in Renaissance Siena. * Brings together studies based upon diverse disciplinary and methodological approaches to a common theme. Editor(s): Jackson, Philippa; Nevola, Fabrizio. Series: Renaissance Studies Special Issues. Num Pages: 160 pages, Illustrations (some col.), maps. BIC Classification: 1DST; 3H; HBJD; HBLC; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 153 x 9. Weight in Grams: 238.
Beyond the Palio is an interdisciplinary collection of essays examining the components and importance of ritual events and ceremonies in Renaissance Siena.
  • Brings together studies based upon diverse disciplinary and methodological approaches to a common theme.
  • Provides specific case studies and useful comparisons to well-known monographic studies of ritual in Florence and Venice.
  • Concentrates on a single city to emphasize the important function of public rituals to life during the early modern period.
  • Looks at both local ritual life and the ways it was presented to and viewed by those outside the city.

Product Details

Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
160
Condition
New
Series
Renaissance Studies Special Issues
Number of Pages
160
Place of Publication
Hoboken, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781405155724
SKU
V9781405155724
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About Philippa Jackson
Philippa Jackson is completing research at the Warburg Institute in London on the patronage of Pandolfo Petrucci, the leading citizen of the Sienese republic at the beginning of the sixteenth century. She has written on the cult of Mary Magdalen under his regime and is currently preparing a book entitled Pandolfo Petrucci: Politics and Patronage in Renaissance Siena. Her major ... Read more

Reviews for Beyond the Palio: Urbanism and Ritual in Renaissance Siena
"The book is better focused than the average set or conference papers. It is well illustrated." (The Journals of Early Modern Studies, Summer 2010) "This book is the first modern collection of essays in English to look at civic ritual in the city of Siena and it presents a refreshingly theorized approach to how the Sienese ... Read more

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