Medieval and Early Modern Ritual
Formalized Behavior in Europe, China and Japan
Published on 13. February 2002
Book
Hardback
XIV, 312 pages
978-90-04-11749-5 (ISBN)
Description
The essays in this volume transcend Eastern and Western geographical boundaries during a loosely defined medieval and early modern period, ranging from Carolingian Europe to Qing China, and pull rituals out of their geographical contexts.
Cultural history binds these essays together. This volume permits readers to compare ritual in religious and secular contexts, in the East and West, and to focus on the purposes of ritual, without being caught up in localism or historical jingoism.
The various essays are organized chronologically and thematically; they focus on ritual and gender, law, identity and political legitimization. They cover topics as varied as the spatial appropriation of surfaces and territories, charity, carnival, women's magic, the Jesuits, graffiti, theater, business, medicine, Qing imperial ceremonies, Chinese princesses coming of age, spiritual reconciliation, and the Great Western Schism.
Contributors include: Catherine Bell, Virginia A. Cole, Andree Courtemanche, James L. Hevia, Michael W. Maher, S.J., Veronique Plesch, Marguerite Ragnow, Martha Rampton, Eric C. Rath, Dylan Reid, Kathryn Reyerson, Joelle Rollo-Koster, and Ann Waltner.
Cultural history binds these essays together. This volume permits readers to compare ritual in religious and secular contexts, in the East and West, and to focus on the purposes of ritual, without being caught up in localism or historical jingoism.
The various essays are organized chronologically and thematically; they focus on ritual and gender, law, identity and political legitimization. They cover topics as varied as the spatial appropriation of surfaces and territories, charity, carnival, women's magic, the Jesuits, graffiti, theater, business, medicine, Qing imperial ceremonies, Chinese princesses coming of age, spiritual reconciliation, and the Great Western Schism.
Contributors include: Catherine Bell, Virginia A. Cole, Andree Courtemanche, James L. Hevia, Michael W. Maher, S.J., Veronique Plesch, Marguerite Ragnow, Martha Rampton, Eric C. Rath, Dylan Reid, Kathryn Reyerson, Joelle Rollo-Koster, and Ann Waltner.
Reviews / Votes
'...these studies reinforce the value of studying and comparing rituals in historical context.'Karen E. Spierling, Sixteenth Century Journal, 2004.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Leiden
Netherlands
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
sewn/stitched
Cloth over boards
Illustrations
13. Abb.
Dimensions
Height: 247 mm
Width: 169 mm
Thickness: 27 mm
Weight
744 gr
ISBN-13
978-90-04-11749-5 (9789004117495)
Schweitzer Classification
Person
Joelle Rolle-Koster, Ph.D. (1992) in History, State University of New York at Binghamton, is Associate Professor of Medieval History at the University of Rhode Island. She has published on death, confraternities, Italian merchants, immigration, and secular and religious women in medieval Avignon.
Content
List of Illustrations
List of Contributors
Foreword, Joelle Rollo-Koster
Introduction, Catherine Bell
PART ONE. RITUAL AND GENDER
Burchard of Worms and Female Magical Ritual, Martha Rampton
A Princess Comes of Age: Gender, Life-cycle and Royal Ritual in Song Dynasty China, Ann Waltner
PART TWO. RITUAL AND THE LAW
Ritual Before the Altar: Legal Satisfaction and Spiritual Reconciliation in Eleventh-Century Anjou, Marguerite Ragnow
Rituals in Medieval Business, Kathryn Reyerson
The Judge, the Doctor and the Poisoner: Medical Expertise in Manosquin Judicial Rituals at the End of the Fourteenth Century, Andree Courtemanche
PART THREE. RITUAL AND IDENTITY
Graffiti and Ritualization: San Sebastiano at Arborio, Veronique Plesch
The Triumph of the Abbey of the Conards: Spectacle and Sophistication in a Rouen Carnival, Dylan Reid
Chanters at the Gate: Ritual/Performing Arts of Fifteenth-Century Japanese Outcasts, Eric C. Rath
Jesuits and Ritual in Early Modern Europe, Michael W. Maher, S.J.
PART FOUR. RELIGIOUS RITUAL AND POLITICAL LEGITIMIZATION
Ritual Charity and Royal Children in Thirteenth-Century England, Virginia A. Cole
Castrum Doloris: Rites of Vacant See and the Living Dead Pope in Schismatic Avignon, Joelle Rollo-Koster
Rulership and Tibetan Buddhism in Eighteenth-Century China: Qing Emperors, Lamas and Audience Rituals, James L. Hevia
Index
List of Contributors
Foreword, Joelle Rollo-Koster
Introduction, Catherine Bell
PART ONE. RITUAL AND GENDER
Burchard of Worms and Female Magical Ritual, Martha Rampton
A Princess Comes of Age: Gender, Life-cycle and Royal Ritual in Song Dynasty China, Ann Waltner
PART TWO. RITUAL AND THE LAW
Ritual Before the Altar: Legal Satisfaction and Spiritual Reconciliation in Eleventh-Century Anjou, Marguerite Ragnow
Rituals in Medieval Business, Kathryn Reyerson
The Judge, the Doctor and the Poisoner: Medical Expertise in Manosquin Judicial Rituals at the End of the Fourteenth Century, Andree Courtemanche
PART THREE. RITUAL AND IDENTITY
Graffiti and Ritualization: San Sebastiano at Arborio, Veronique Plesch
The Triumph of the Abbey of the Conards: Spectacle and Sophistication in a Rouen Carnival, Dylan Reid
Chanters at the Gate: Ritual/Performing Arts of Fifteenth-Century Japanese Outcasts, Eric C. Rath
Jesuits and Ritual in Early Modern Europe, Michael W. Maher, S.J.
PART FOUR. RELIGIOUS RITUAL AND POLITICAL LEGITIMIZATION
Ritual Charity and Royal Children in Thirteenth-Century England, Virginia A. Cole
Castrum Doloris: Rites of Vacant See and the Living Dead Pope in Schismatic Avignon, Joelle Rollo-Koster
Rulership and Tibetan Buddhism in Eighteenth-Century China: Qing Emperors, Lamas and Audience Rituals, James L. Hevia
Index