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Enter the king : theatre, liturgy, and ritual in the medieval civic triumph /

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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.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Kipling, Gordon
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford : Clarendon, 1998.
Subjects:
Civilization, Medieval.
Pageants.
Triumph.
Rites and ceremonies, Medieval.
Civilisation médiévale.
Spectacles historiques.
Triomphe.
Rites et cérémonies médiévaux.
pageants.
triumphs.
Civilization, Medieval
Pageants
Rites and ceremonies, Medieval
Triumph
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Description
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.
Physical Description:1 online resource (xiv, 393 pages) : illustrations, facsimiles
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780191671012
0191671010