Emotion, Ritual and Power in Europe, 1200–1920 Family, State and Church

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Synopsis

This volume spans the fourteenth to nineteenth centuries, across Europe and its empires, and brings together historians, art historians, literary scholars and anthropologists to rethink medieval and early modern ritual. The study of rituals, when it is alert to the emotions which are woven into and through ritual activities, presents an opportunity to explore profoundly important questions about people’s relationships with others, their relationships with the divine, with power dynamics and importantly, with their concept of their own identity. Each chapter in this volume showcases the different approaches, theories and methodologies that can be used to explore emotions in historical rituals, but they all share the goal of answering the question of how emotions act within ritual to inform balances of power in its many and varied forms. Chapter 5 of this book is available open access under a CC BY 4.0 license.

Book details

Edition:
1st ed. 2017
Series:
Palgrave Studies in the History of Emotions
Author:
Merridee L. Bailey, Katie Barclay
ISBN:
9783319441856
Related ISBNs:
9783319441849
Publisher:
Springer International Publishing
Pages:
N/A
Reading age:
Not specified
Includes images:
Yes
Date of addition:
2023-11-07
Usage restrictions:
Copyright
Copyright date:
2017
Copyright by:
The Editor 
Adult content:
No
Language:
English
Categories:
History, Language Arts, Nonfiction, Psychology, Religion and Spirituality, Social Studies