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The dangers of ritual : between early medieval texts and social scientific theory

Title
The dangers of ritual : between early medieval texts and social scientific theory / Philippe Buc.
Author
Buc, Philippe, 1961-
Publication
Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, c2001.
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Description
xi, 272 p.; 24 cm
Summary
"Medieval historians will find this book an indispensable resource for its insights into methodological issues crucial to their discipline. As Buc demonstrates, only rigorous attention to the contexts within which authors worked can allow us to reconstruct from medieval documents how "rituals" might have functioned. Ultimately, he argues, too swift an application of contemporary models to highly complex textual artifacts blinds us to the specificities of early medieval European political culture."--Jacket.
Subject
  • 476-1492
  • Ritual > History
  • Civilization, Medieval
  • Manners and customs
  • Ritual
  • Europe > Religious life and customs
  • Europe
Genre/Form
History.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Writing Ottonian hegemony : good rituals and bad rituals in Liudprand of Cremona -- Ritual consensus and ritual violence : texts and events in ninth-century Carolingian political culture -- Rites of saints and rites of kings : consensus and transgression in the works of Gregory of Tours -- The late antique matrix : martyrdom and ritual -- Rites, rituals, and order, ca 1500-ca. 1800 -- Medieval history and the social sciences, ca. 1800-ca. 1970.
Call Number
JFE 01-14648
ISBN
  • 0691016046
  • 9780691016047
LCCN
2001021156
OCLC
45951608
Author
Buc, Philippe, 1961-
Title
The dangers of ritual : between early medieval texts and social scientific theory / Philippe Buc.
Imprint
Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, c2001.
Type of Content
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Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
volume
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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476-1492
Research Call Number
JFE 01-14648
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