| Description |
1 online resource (xiv, 393 pages) : illustrations, facsimiles |
| Contents |
1. The Idea of the Civic Triumph -- 2. The Christmas King. 1. First Advent: The Fulfiller of the Profecye. 2. Ordo prophetarum: 'You are the Prince of God amongst us'. 3. The Sacred Flower of Jesse's Tree. 4. Birth: 'We all mowe blesse the tyme of your Natiuite'. 5. Second Advent: The Soul's Jerusalem. 6. Tidings of Great Joy: The Nativity Shepherds. 7. A Season of Penitence: The Least Brethren of the Lord -- 3. The Civic Triumph as Royal Epiphany. 1. The Magi's Gift: Schawand Him King with Most Magnificence. 2. The Triple Triumph of the Emperor Augustus. 3. By These Signs You Shall Know Him. 4. Roy surtout tres catholique. 5. Theatres of Princely Epiphany -- 4. Third Advent: Grace in this Life and Afterward Glory |
| Summary |
Enter The King examines the medieval civic triumph as a theatrical ritual designed to inaugurate the sovereign into his reign. As the king entered the city gates, he became the chief actor in an elaborate court spectacle defined by the citizens' pageantry and witnessed by his subjects |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Civilization, Medieval.
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Pageants.
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Triumph.
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Rites and ceremonies, Medieval.
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pageants.
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triumphs.
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Civilization, Medieval
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Pageants
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Rites and ceremonies, Medieval
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Triumph
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| Genre/Form |
Pageants
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Pageants.
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Spectacles historiques.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780191671012 |
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0191671010 |
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