Ritual in Early Modern Europe

By:

Edward Muir

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Paperback / softback

Series:

New Approaches to European History

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The first comprehensive study of rituals in early modern Europe, this new and expanded edition 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 Catholic Reformations, the alleged anti-Christian rituals of Jews and witches. The new edition examines the impact on the European understanding of ritual from the discoveries of new civilizations in the Americas and missionary efforts in China and adds more material about rituals peculiar to women.

Author Biography:

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).

Release date Australia

August 18th, 2005

Author

Edward Muir

Audiences

Professional & Vocational
Tertiary Education (US: College)

Edition

2nd Revised edition

Illustrations

9 Halftones, unspecified

Pages

334

Series

New Approaches to European History

Dimensions

152x226x20

ISBN-13

9780521602402

Product ID

2011639

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