Christ on a Donkey – Palm Sunday, Triumphal Entries, and Blasphemous Pageants

Häftad, Engelska, 2021

Av Max Harris, University of Wisconsin-Madison) Harris, Max (Institute for Research in the Humanities

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At once scholarly and entertaining, Christ on a Donkey is a study of Palm Sunday processions and related royal entries as both spectacular instances of processional theater and highly charged interpretations of the biblical narrative to which they claim allegiance. Harris’s narrative ranges from ancient Jerusalem to modern-day Bolivia, from imperial white horses to wheeled wooden images of Christ on a donkey, from veneration to iconoclasm, and from Christ to Ivan the Terrible. A curious theme emerges: those embodied representations of Christ’s entry into Jerusalem that were labeled blasphemous, idolatrous, or superstitious by those in power were arguably most faithful to the biblical narrative of Palm Sunday, while those staged with the purpose of exalting those in power and celebrating military triumph were arguably blasphemous pageants.

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Utgivningsdatum2021-05-31
Mått152 x 229 x 20 mm
Vikt485 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
SerieEarly Social Performance
Antal sidor296
FörlagArc Humanities Press
ISBN9781641892889

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Introduction: From Pomp to DonkeysPart One: PompI. Triumphal Entries: From Charlemagne to Oliver Cromwell1. Charlemagne’s Birthday Pomp2. Kings Dead or Alive3. Warrior Popes4. Mud, Plague, and the Lord ProtectorII. Palm Sunday Processions: From Egeria to Peter the Great5. Palms of Victory6. Exalted and Eccentric Images7. Crusaders, Patriarchs, and Emperors8. The Horse with Donkey’s EarsPart Two: Parodies / James Nayler and Jesus of Nazareth9. James Nayler’s Royal Progress10. Jesus on a JackassPart Three: DonkeysI. A Scarcity of Donkeys: From Udine to El Alto11. Under Muslim Rule12. White Horses and Imagined Donkeys13. Live Donkeys at LastII. Wooden Christs on Wooden Donkeys: From Augsburg to Chiquitos14. An Image of the Lord Seated on an Ass15. The Lord God Belongs to the Butchers16. The Persecution of the Palmesel17. Baroque Splendor and Catholic Enlightenment18. The Donkey that Walked on Water19. Survivals and RevivalsConclusion: Christ Dismembered and the Bombing of Lübeck

Max Harris’ extremely well-researched book confronts the general understanding of Christ on a donkey "as a sign that he came neither as a warrior nor as one drawn to the trappings of power, but in peace and humility" (p. 2) with the various ways in which the image was used in medieval and early modern theatrical tradition. His findings are stunning. The book analyses both the development of Palm Sunday processions, and the use of Palm Sunday elements in other processions. [...] The book is extremely informed and informative; it collects enormous amounts of original documents, and in a very impressive way compares phenomena of different cultures and times.