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1 online resource (474 pages) : illustrations |
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European festival studies: 1450-1700 |
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European festival studies.
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| Contents |
Cover; Contents; J.R. (Ronnie) Mulryne; Acknowledgements; List of Illustrations; Notes on Contributors; Introduction; 1 French Renaissance Waterborne Festivals in the Sixteenth Century; 2 Lyon: a Centre for Water Celebrations; 3 Parisian Waterborne Festivals from Francis I to Henri III; 4 Water Festivals of the Reign of Charles IX of France; 5Renaissance Venice and the Sacred-Political Connotations of Waterborne Pageants; 6Rex Christianissimus Francorum: Themes and Contexts of Henry III's Entry to Venice, 1574 |
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7 Water Policy and Water Festivals: the Case of Pisa Under Ferdinando de' Medici (1588-1609)8 Arbitrary Reality: Fact and Fantasy in the Florentine Naumachia, 1589; 9 Lepanto Revisited: Water-fights and the Turkish Threat in Early Modern Europe (1571-1656); 10 Mary, Queen of Scots' Aquatic Entertainments for the Wedding of John Fleming, Fifth Lord Fleming to Elizabeth Ross, May 1562; 11 Looking Again at Elvetham: An Elizabethan Entertainment Revisited; 12 The Ice Festival in Florence, 1604; 13 The Thames en Fête; 14 Royal River: The Watermen's Company and Pageantry on the Thames |
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15 The Ambassador's Reception: The Moroccan Embassy to London of 1637-1638 and the Pageantry of Maritime Politics16 The Savoy Naumachia on the Lake Mont Cenis: A Site-specific Spectacle in the 'Amphitheatre' of the Alps; 17 Naumachiae at the Buen Retiro in Madrid; 18 Waterfront Entertainments in Saxony and Denmark from 1548-1709; 19 Sea Spectacles on Dry Land: The 1580s to the 1690s; 20 Sing Again, Sirena: Translating the Theatrical Virtuosa from Venice to London; 21 Sailing Towards a Kingdom: Ernst August von Braunschweig-Lüneburg (1629-1698) in Venice in 1685 and 1686; Index |
| Summary |
As the first book-length study of waterborne festivities in Renaissance and early modern Europe, this collection of essays draws on a rich array of sources, many previously un-researched, to explore aspects of scenography, choreography, music, fashion, painting, sculpture, architecture, stage-and personnel-management and urban planning as evinced in spectacles staged on water. Often taking the form of re-enactments of naval battles or legendary seaborne quests, these festivals seek to buttress civic and national pride, make claims to mastery over the sea and landscape, and explore the imaginat |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Mulryne, J. R
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| SUBJECT |
Mulryne, J. R. fast |
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Festivals -- Europe -- History
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Pageants -- Europe -- History
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Theater -- Europe -- History
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Renaissance.
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Renaissance.
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PERFORMING ARTS -- Theater -- History & Criticism.
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Festivals
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Manners and customs
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Pageants
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Renaissance
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Theater
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Europe -- Social life and customs. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85045760
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Europe
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books
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Festschriften
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History
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Festschriften.
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Electronic book
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| Author |
Shewring, Margaret
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| ISBN |
9780754698760 |
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0754698769 |
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1351873598 |
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9781351873598 |
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9781472400420 |
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1472400429 |
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