Languages of Power in Italy (1300-1600) English - Couverture rigide

Gaffuri, Laura; Maxson, Brian Jeffrey

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 2503540384 ISBN 13 : 9782503540382

Editeur : Brepols N.V., 2017

Synopsis

The essays in this collection explore the languages - artistic, symbolic, and ritual, as well as written and spoken - in which power was articulated, challenged, contested, and defended in Italian cities and courts, villages, and countryside, between 1300 and 1600. Topics addressed include court ceremonial, gossip and insult, the performance of sanctity and public devotions, the appropriation and reuse of imagery, and the calculated invocation (and sometimes undermining) of authoritative models and figures. The collection balances a broad geographic and chronological range with a tight thematic focus, allowing the individual contributions to engage in vigorous and fruitful debate with one another even as they speak to some of the central issues in current scholarship. The authors recognize that every institutional action is, in its context, a political act, and that no institution operates disinterestedly. At the same time, they insist on the inadequacy of traditional models, whether Marxian or Weberian, as the complex realities of the early modern state pose tough problems for any narrative of modernization, rationalization, and centralization. The contributors to this volume trained and teach in various countries - Italy, the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, and Australia - but share a common interest in cultural expressions of power.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Brepols N.V.
• Date d'édition: 2017
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 2503540384
• ISBN 13: 9782503540382
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 245
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible