THE CEREMONIAL CITY
Written by Iain Fenlon
Published by Yale University Press
in 2007
ISBN: 9780300119374
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- HISTORY
- HISTORY (FOREIGN)
- HISTORY (EUROPEAN)
- HISTORY (ITALIAN)
- VENICE
THE CEREMONIAL CITY
Written by Iain Fenlon.
Stock no. 1330839
1st.
2007.
Hardback.
Slightly better than very good condition.
History, memory and myth in Renaissance Venice. Green boards, gilt title to spine. 448 pages, including index. Colour and b/w photos throughout. ISBN: 9780300119374. Top of spine is bumped. Contents are fine. Dustwrapper is sunned to spine, also affecting edges of front panel.
Front cover
Contents
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction
- Prologue
- Part One: The Ceremonial City
- 1 Constructing a Civic Religion
- 2 Praesentia and Identity
- 3 Theatre of the World
- 4 The Sacral Prince
- Part Two: A Disquieting Decade
- 5 A Holy Crusade
- 6 Victory at Lepanto
- 7 His Most Christian Majesty
- 8 The Hand of God
- Part Three: History, Memory and Myth
- 9 Republic of Letters, City of Books
- 10 Ritual Transformations
- 11 Gods and Heroes
- 12 Christ's Victory
- Epilogue
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Photograph Credits
- Index