| Description |
1 online resource (xiv, 368 pages) : illustrations, maps |
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polychrome |
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text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 329-350) and index. |
| Summary |
"Public religious practice lay at the heart of civic society in late medieval Europe. In this illuminating study, Andrew Brown draws on the rich and previously little-researched archives of Bruges, one of medieval Europe's wealthiest and most important towns, to explore the role of religion and ceremony in urban society. The author situates the religious practices of citizens - their investment in the liturgy, commemorative services, guilds and charity - within the contexts of Bruges' highly diversified society and of the changes and crises the town experienced. Focusing on the religious processions and festivities sponsored by the municipal government, the author challenges much current thinking on, for example, the nature of 'civic religion'. Re-evaluating the ceremonial links between Bruges and its rulers, he questions whether rulers could dominate the urban landscape by religious or ceremonial means, and offers new insight into the interplay between ritual and power of relevance throughout medieval Europe"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Contents |
1. The Holy Blood procession -- 2. General processions -- 3. Feast days and liturgical commemoration -- 4. Guilds: feast, festivity and public worship -- 5. Guilds and civic government -- 6. Civic charity -- 7. Civic ceremony, religion and the counts of Flanders -- Conclusion and epilogue: civic morality c.1500. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Bruges (Belgium) -- Religion.
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Civil religion -- Belgium -- Bruges.
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Civil religion. |
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Belgium -- Bruges. |
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Rites and ceremonies -- Belgium -- Bruges.
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Rites and ceremonies. |
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Bruges (Belgium) -- Religious life and customs.
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Bruges (Belgium) -- Church history.
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Church history.
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Electronic book.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Brown, Andrew, 1964- Civic ceremony and religion in medieval Bruges c.1300-1520. Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2010 9780521764452 (DLC) 2010040409 (OCoLC)656771838 |
| ISBN |
9780511933363 (electronic book) |
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0511933363 (electronic book) |
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9780511933882 (ebook) |
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0511933886 (ebook) |
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9780521764452 |
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0521764459 |
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