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Article: City and Spectacle in Medieval Europe.
- Article from:
- Medium Aevum
- Article date:
- September 22, 1997
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ed. Barbara A. Hanawalt and Kathryn L. Reyerson, Medieval Studies at Minnesota 6 (Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, 1994). xx + 331 pp. ISBN 0-8166-2359-7, $49-95 (hard covers); ISBN 0-8116-23 60-0, $15.95 (p/b).
Barbara A. Hanawalt and Kathryn L. Reyerson's stimulating collection of a dozen essays adds a new dimension to the debate about the nature of the medieval city in Europe. The essays in the volume concentrate on the role and function of public ceremonial and ritual in cities from Northern and Southern Europe, and include within their scope royal entries and ecclesiastical rituals as well as the ceremonial of civic communities. By concentrating ...