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Ceremonial entries in early modern Europe : the iconography of power

"The fourteen essays that comprise this volume concentrate on festival iconography, the visual and written languages, including ephemeral and permanent structures, costume, dramatic performance, inscriptions and published festival books that 'voiced' the social, political and cultural...

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Other Authors: Mulryne, J. R. (Editor, HerausgeberIn)
Aliverti, Maria Ines (Editor, HerausgeberIn)
Testaverde, Anna Maria (Editor, HerausgeberIn)
Document Type: Book
Language:English
Published: Farnham ; Burlington : Ashgate , 2015
Series:European festival studies: 1450-1700
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Related Items:Rezensiert in: [Rezension von: Mulryne, J. R., Ceremonial Entries in Early Modern Europe: The Iconography of Power. European Festival Studies: 1450-1700]
Author Notes:J. R. Mulryne, University of Warwick, UK, with Maria Ines Aliverti, University of Pisa, Italy, and Anna Maria Testaverde, University of Bergamo, Italy
CRLB-Bib.:McGowan, Henri IV as Restorer, 2015
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction : ceremony and the iconography of power
  • J.R. MulryneThe theme of war in French renaissance entries / Richard Cooper
  • 'Concernant le service de leurs dictes majestez et auctorité de leur justice' : perceptions of royal power in the entries of Charles IX and Catherine de Médicis (1564-1566)
  • Linda Briggs
  • Henri IV as architect and restorer of the state : his entry into Rouen, 16 October 1596
  • Margaret M. McGowan
  • Warrior king or king of war? : Louis XIII's entries into his bonnes villes (1620-1629)
  • Marie-Claude Canova-Green
  • 'Entrate, onoranze, esequie et altre cose' : the book of ceremonies of Francesco Tongiarini (1536-1612)
  • Anna Maria Testaverde
  • Re-moulding the city : the Roman possessi in the first half of the sixteenth century
  • Lucia Nuti
  • Theories of decorum : music and the Italian renaissance entry
  • Iain Fenlon
  • The grand entry of Elizabeth of Valois into Spain (1559)
  • Julia de la Torre Fazio
  • Elements of power in court festivals of Habsburg emperors in the sixteenth century
  • Veronika Sandbichler
  • Ephemeral architecture in the service of Vladislaus IV Vasa
  • Jacek Zukowski
  • The iconography of populism : waterborne entries to London for Anne Boleyn (1533), Catherine of Braganza (1662) and Elizabeth II (2012)
  • Margaret Shewring
  • The golden fleece of the London Drapers' Company : politics and iconography in early modern lord mayor's shows
  • Sara Trevisan
  • Enter the alien : foreign consorts and their royal entries into Scottish cities, c. 1449-1590
  • Lucinda H.S. Dean
  • A survey of recent research on renaissance festivals in the German-speaking area
  • Andrea Sommer-Mathis
  • Appendix : Leonardo di Zanobi Bartolini, Register of expenses for the coronation of Leo X, 1513
  • Lucia Nuti.