Authority and Spectacle in Medieval and Early Modern Europe

Essays in Honor of Teofilo F. Ruiz

Inbunden, Engelska, 2017

3 039 kr

Beställningsvara. Skickas inom 10-15 vardagar. Fri frakt för medlemmar vid köp för minst 249 kr.

Bringing together distinguished scholars in honor of Professor Teofilo F. Ruiz, this volume presents original and innovative research on the critical and uneasy relationship between authority and spectacle in the period from the twelfth to the sixteenth centuries, focusing on Spain, the Mediterranean and Latin America. Cultural scholars such as Professor Ruiz and his colleagues have challenged the notion that authority is elided with high politics, an approach that tends to be monolithic and disregards the uneven application and experience of power by elite and non-elite groups in society by highlighting the significance of spectacle. Taking such forms as ceremonies, rituals, festivals, and customs, spectacle is a medium to project and render visible power, yet it is also an ambiguous and contested setting, where participants exercise the roles of both actor and audience. Chapters in this collection consider topics such as monarchy, wealth and poverty, medieval cuisine and diet and textual and visual sources. The individual contributions in this volume collectively represent a timely re-examination of authority that brings in the insights of cultural theory, ultimately highlighting the importance of representation and projection, negotiation and ambivalence.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum2017-01-24
Mått156 x 234 x 21 mm
Vikt498 g
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor272
FörlagTaylor & Francis Ltd
ISBN9781472454577

Tillhör följande kategorier

Medeltiden inom Historia och arkeologi

List of FiguresAcknowledgmentsNotes on ContributorsAuthority and Spectacle: Teofilo F. Ruiz and the Study of Medieval and Early Modern Europe Yuen-Gen Liang and Jarbel RodriguezPart I – Authority in Borders and Conquests A Border Policy? Louis IX and the Spanish ConnectionWilliam C. Jordan The King, the Coin, and the Word: Imagining and Enacting Castilian Frontiers in the Late Medieval IberiaClaire Gilbert An End to Conquests: Expansion and its Limits in the Iberian World, Fifteenth to the Early Seventeenth CenturiesXavier Gil ‘All Things to All Men’: Political Messianism in Late Medieval and Early Modern SpainBryan GivensPart II – Authority in Texts, Taxes, and Penury Transmitting Urgency in the Romance: An Example of Strategic Codeswitching in the Crown of Aragon’s Thirteenth-Century Royal ChanceryAntonio Zaldivar The Issues of Fiscal Systems in Castilian Towns from 1369 to 1474Denis Menjot Authority and Poverty in Late-Medieval SpainFrancisco Garcia-SerranoPart III – Spectacles of Purity in the Body and in the Realm The Saint at the Gate: Giving Relics a ‘Royal Entry’ in Eleventh to Twelfth-Century FranceKate Craig Medieval Cuisines and the Seasons of the Year Paul Freedman Medieval Media and Minorities: Jews and Muslims in the Cantigas de Santa María David NirenbergPart IV – Spectacles of Empire and Identity Poor Colors, Rich Colors: Spanish Clothing in the Early Sixteenth CenturyHilario Casado Alonso Mobilizing Sanctity: Pius II and the Head of Andrew in RomeMaya Maskarinec Nuestros Españoles: The First Spaniards and the first Hapsburg ChroniclesKatherine van Liere Muy grandes hombres de acaballo’: Spanish Horsemanship a la jineta and Bernardo Vargas Machuca’s New Science Kathryn RentonEpilogue – The Workings of Power: Authority and Festivals in Medieval and Early Modern EuropeTeofilo F. RuizBibliography of Teofilo F. Ruiz publications