Civic ceremony and religion in medieval Bruges c.1300-1520 / / Andrew Brown [[electronic resource]]

• Autore: Brown Andrew <1964->
• Pubblicazione: Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2011
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (xiv, 368 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)
• Disciplina: 264/.020909493122
• Soggetto topico: Civil religion - Belgium - Bruges; Rites and ceremonies - Belgium - Bruges
• Soggetto geografico: Bruges (Belgium) Religion; Bruges (Belgium) Religious life and customs; Bruges (Belgium) Church history
• Classificazione: HIS010000
• Note generali: Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 24 Feb 2016).
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 1. The Holy Blood procession -- 2. General processions -- 3. Feast days and liturgical commemoration -- 4. Guilds: feast, festivity and public worship -- 5. Guilds and civic government -- 6. Civic charity -- 7. Civic ceremony, religion and the counts of Flanders -- Conclusion and epilogue: civic morality c.1500.
• Sommario/riassunto: Public religious practice lay at the heart of civic society in late medieval Europe. In this illuminating study, Andrew Brown draws on the rich and previously little-researched archives of Bruges, one of medieval Europe's wealthiest and most important towns, to explore the role of religion and ceremony in urban society. The author situates the religious practices of citizens - their investment in the liturgy, commemorative services, guilds and charity - within the contexts of Bruges' highly diversified society and of the changes and crises the town experienced. Focusing on the religious processions and festivities sponsored by the municipal government, the author challenges much current thinking on, for example, the nature of 'civic religion'. Re-evaluating the ceremonial links between Bruges and its rulers, he questions whether rulers could dominate the urban landscape by religious or ceremonial means, and offers new insight into the interplay between ritual and power of relevance throughout medieval Europe.
• Altri titoli varianti: Civic Ceremony & Religion in Medieval Bruges c.1300-1520
• Titolo autorizzato: Civic ceremony and religion in medieval Bruges c.1300-1520
• ISBN: 1-107-21726-1; 0-511-85318-1; 1-282-93177-6; 9786612931772; 0-511-93200-6; 0-511-93066-6; 0-511-93336-3; 0-511-92815-7; 0-511-93388-6; 0-511-92562-X
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910819778703321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II