This sixth volume in the European Festival Studies series stems from a joint conference (Venice, 2013) between the Society for European Festivals Research and the European Science Foundation’s PALATIUM project. Drawing on up-to-date scholarship, a Europe-wide group of early-career and experienced academics provides a unique account of spectacular occasions of state which influenced the political, social and cultural lives of contemporary societies. International pan-European turbulence associated with post-Reformation religious conflict supplies the context within which the book explores how the period’s rulers and élite families competed for power – in a forecast of today’s divided world.
Sixteenth- and seventeenth-century court and civic festivals incorporated the political ambitions and aesthetic preoccupations of their day. This lavishly-illustrated volume will prove fascinating to readers interested in the political, social and cultural features of an earlier society, together with their echoes in today’s equally complex world.
Publisher
Routledge
Publication Date
Dec 2018
ISBN
9781472431974
Pages
314 p.
Item Type
Book
Format
Hardcover
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