Bibliograph

Civic ritual in Renaissance Venice, Edward Muir

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Civic ritual in Renaissance Venice, Edward Muir

Language

eng

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no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Civic ritual in Renaissance Venice

Medium

electronic resource

Nature of contents

dictionaries

Responsibility statement

Edward Muir

Summary

Venice's reputation for political stability and a strong, balanced republican government holds a prominent place in European political theory. Edward Muir traces the origins and development of this reputation, paying particular attention to the sixteenth century, when civic ritual in Venice reached its peak. He shows how the ritualization of society and politics was an important reason for Venice's stability. Influenced in part by cultural anthropology, he establishes and applies to Venice a new methodology for the historical study of civic ritual

Target audience

adult

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