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Ritual in early modern Europe /

Muir, Edward, (1946-)

Ritual in early modern Europe /

Record Type:	Language materials, printed : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	Ritual in early modern Europe // Edward Muir.
Author:	Muir, Edward,
Published:	Cambridge, UK ;Cambridge University Press, : 2005.,
[NT 15000922]:	2nd ed.
Description:	x, 320 p. :ill. ; : 23 cm.;
基督教聖經之智慧書導讀 :	This new and expanded edition of the first comprehensive study of rituals in early modern Europe examines the impact on the European interpretation of ritual from the discoveries of new civilizations in the Americas and missionary efforts in China. It also adds more material about rituals peculiar to women. Edward Muir draws on extensive historical research to emphasize the persistence of traditional Christian ritual practices, even as enlightened elites attempted to choose reason over passion, textual interpretation over ritual action, and moral rectitude over gaining access to supernatural powers of anti-Christian rituals. - Publisher.
Series:	New approaches to European history ;
Subject:	Ritual. -
Subject:	Europe -
ISBN:	0521841534

Ritual in early modern Europe /
Muir, Edward,1946-

Ritual in early modern Europe /Edward Muir. - 2nd ed. - Cambridge, UK ;Cambridge University Press,2005. - x, 320 p. :ill. ;23 cm. - New approaches to European history ;33..

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction: the lure and danger of ritual -- pt. 1. The ritual moment -- Rites of passage -- The ritual calendar -- pt. 2. Rituals of the body -- Carnival and the lower body -- Manners and the upper body -- pt. 3. Ritual and representation -- The Reformation as a revolution in ritual theory -- The Reformation as a ritual process -- Government as a ritual process -- Epilogue: mere ritual.

This new and expanded edition of the first comprehensive study of rituals in early modern Europe examines the impact on the European interpretation of ritual from the discoveries of new civilizations in the Americas and missionary efforts in China. It also adds more material about rituals peculiar to women. Edward Muir draws on extensive historical research to emphasize the persistence of traditional Christian ritual practices, even as enlightened elites attempted to choose reason over passion, textual interpretation over ritual action, and moral rectitude over gaining access to supernatural powers of anti-Christian rituals. - Publisher.

ISBN: 0521841534

LCCN: 2005046998Subjects--Topical Terms:

241519
Ritual.
Subjects--Geographical Terms:

246094
Europe

LC Class. No.: BL600 / .M85 2005

Dewey Class. No.: 203/.8/094

Ritual in early modern Europe /
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