04526oam 2200757I 450 991046301250332120200520144314.01-315-23428-90-7546-9876-910.4324/9781315234281 (CKB)2670000000427940(EBL)1426839(OCoLC)861536514(SSID)ssj0001002614(PQKBManifestationID)12466955(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001002614(PQKBWorkID)11016501(PQKB)10047763(MiAaPQ)EBC1426839(MiAaPQ)EBC5293089(Au-PeEL)EBL1426839(CaPaEBR)ebr10768067(CaONFJC)MIL539137(OCoLC)988378527(Au-PeEL)EBL5293089(CaONFJC)MIL996579(OCoLC)1027178849(EXLCZ)99267000000042794020180706e20162013 uy 0engurcnu||||||||txtccrWaterborne pageants and festivities in the Renaissance essays in honour of J.R. Mulryne /Margaret Shewring, Linda BriggsLondon :Routledge,2016.1 online resource (474 p.)European festival studies, 1450-1700First published 2013 by Ashgate Pub.1-351-87359-8 1-4094-0023-9 Includes bibliographical references and index.Cover; Contents; J. R. (Ronnie) Mulryne; Acknowledgements; List of Illustrations; Notes on Contributors; Introduction; 1 French Renaissance Waterborne Festivals in the Sixteenth Century; 2 Lyon: a Centre for Water Celebrations; 3 Parisian Waterborne Festivals from Francis I to Henri III; 4 Water Festivals of the Reign of Charles IX of France; 5 Renaissance Venice and the Sacred-Political Connotations of Waterborne Pageants; 6 Rex Christianissimus Francorum: Themes and Contexts of Henry III's Entry to Venice, 15747 Water Policy and Water Festivals: the Case of Pisa Under Ferdinando de' Medici (1588-1609)8 Arbitrary Reality: Fact and Fantasy in the Florentine Naumachia, 1589; 9 Lepanto Revisited: Water-fights and the Turkish Threat in Early Modern Europe (1571-1656); 10 Mary, Queen of Scots' Aquatic Entertainments for the Wedding of John Fleming, Fifth Lord Fleming to Elizabeth Ross, May 1562; 11 Looking Again at Elvetham: An Elizabethan Entertainment Revisited; 12 The Ice Festival in Florence, 1604; 13 The Thames en Fête; 14 Royal River: The Watermen's Company and Pageantry on the Thames15 The Ambassador's Reception: The Moroccan Embassy to London of 1637-1638 and the Pageantry of Maritime Politics 16 The Savoy Naumachia on the Lake Mont Cenis: A Site-specific Spectacle in the 'Amphitheatre' of the Alps; 17 Naumachiae at the Buen Retiro in Madrid; 18 Waterfront Entertainments in Saxony and Denmark from 1548-1709; 19 Sea Spectacles on Dry Land: The 1580's to the 1690's; 20 Sing Again, Sirena: Translating the Theatrical Virtuosa from Venice to London; 21 Sailing Towards a Kingdom: Ernst August von Braunschweig-Lüneburg (1629-1698) in Venice in 1685 and 1686; IndexAs the first book-length study of waterborne festivities in Renaissance and early modern Europe, this collection of essays draws on a rich array of sources, many previously un-researched, to explore aspects of scenography, choreography, music, fashion, painting, sculpture, architecture, stage-and personnel-management and urban planning as evinced in spectacles staged on water. Often taking the form of re-enactments of naval battles or legendary seaborne quests, these festivals seek to buttress civic and national pride, make claims to mastery over the sea and landscape, and explore the imaginationEuropean festival studies.FestivalsEuropeHistoryPageantsEuropeHistoryTheaterEuropeHistoryRenaissanceEuropeSocial life and customsElectronic books.FestivalsHistory.PageantsHistory.TheaterHistory.Renaissance.394.2694Shewring Margaret166230MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910463012503321Waterborne pageants and festivities in the Renaissance2458096UNINA