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Ritual in Early Modern Europe
Edward Muir
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Paperback. The 2005 second edition of a comprehensive study of the ritual practices in traditional Christian Europe. Series Editor(s): Beik, William; Blanning, T. C. W.; Simms, Brendan. Series: New Approaches to European History. Num Pages: 334 pages, 9 b/w illus. BIC Classification: HBJD; HBLH; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 153 x 16. Weight in Grams: 484. Series: New Approaches to European History. 334 pages, 9 b/w illus. The 2005 second edition of a comprehensive study of the ritual practices in traditional Christian Europe. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). BIC Classification: HBJD; HBLH; HBTB. Dimension: 229 x 153 x 16. Weight: 452. Series Editor(s) :Beik, William; Blanning, T.C.W.; Simms, Brendan.
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 ... Read more
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 ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Number of pages
334
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Series
New Approaches to European History
Condition
New
Number of Pages
334
Place of Publication
Cambridge, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780521602402
SKU
V9780521602402
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About Edward Muir
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).
Reviews for Ritual in Early Modern Europe
'… coherent, readable, and stimulating … The book is just the right length for its intended student readership.' Economic History Review '… an excellent introduction to a wide range of topics that form part of that new history of sensibility, of emotion and experience that now occupies the attention of many early modern historians … The exposition is clear and ... Read more