LEADER 04526oam 2200757I 450 001 9910463012503321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-315-23428-9 010 $a0-7546-9876-9 024 7 $a10.4324/9781315234281 035 $a(CKB)2670000000427940 035 $a(EBL)1426839 035 $a(OCoLC)861536514 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001002614 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12466955 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001002614 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)11016501 035 $a(PQKB)10047763 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1426839 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC5293089 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1426839 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10768067 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL539137 035 $a(OCoLC)988378527 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL5293089 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL996579 035 $a(OCoLC)1027178849 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000427940 100 $a20180706e20162013 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 00$aWaterborne pageants and festivities in the Renaissance $eessays in honour of J.R. Mulryne /$fMargaret Shewring, Linda Briggs 210 1$aLondon :$cRoutledge,$d2016. 215 $a1 online resource (474 p.) 225 0 $aEuropean festival studies, 1450-1700 300 $aFirst published 2013 by Ashgate Pub. 311 $a1-351-87359-8 311 $a1-4094-0023-9 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aCover; 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, 1574 327 $a7 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 Fe?te; 14 Royal River: The Watermen's Company and Pageantry on the Thames 327 $a15 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-Lu?neburg (1629-1698) in Venice in 1685 and 1686; Index 330 $aAs the first book-length study of waterborne festivities in Renaissance and early modern Europe, this collection of essays draws on a rich array of sources, many previously un-researched, to explore aspects of scenography, choreography, music, fashion, painting, sculpture, architecture, stage-and personnel-management and urban planning as evinced in spectacles staged on water. Often taking the form of re-enactments of naval battles or legendary seaborne quests, these festivals seek to buttress civic and national pride, make claims to mastery over the sea and landscape, and explore the imagination 410 0$aEuropean festival studies. 606 $aFestivals$zEurope$xHistory 606 $aPageants$zEurope$xHistory 606 $aTheater$zEurope$xHistory 606 $aRenaissance 607 $aEurope$xSocial life and customs 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aFestivals$xHistory. 615 0$aPageants$xHistory. 615 0$aTheater$xHistory. 615 0$aRenaissance. 676 $a394.2694 701 $aShewring$b Margaret$0166230 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910463012503321 996 $aWaterborne pageants and festivities in the Renaissance$92458096 997 $aUNINA