Realms of Ritual

by Peter Arnade

While earlier historians have seen the elaborate public rituals of the Burgundian dukes as stagnant forms held over from the chivalric world of the High Middle Ages, Peter Arnade argues that they were a vital theater of power through which the ducal court and the urban centers constantly renegotiated their relationship. This book is the first to apply the combined insights of social, political, and cultural history to an important but little-explored...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0801430984
• ISBN13: 9780801430985
• Release Date: December 1996
• Publisher: Cornell University Press
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.3" x 9.0"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher