Sounds of Power: Sonic Court Rituals In- and Outside Europe in the 15th-18th Centuries - Hardcover

 
9783412528980: Sounds of Power: Sonic Court Rituals In- and Outside Europe in the 15th-18th Centuries
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 3412528986 ISBN 13: 9783412528980
Publisher: Bohlau Verlag Gmbh U Co Kg, 2024

Synopsis

Whether in outwardly- or inwardly-directed ceremonies and rituals, the appearances of rulers and their court states, as well as other institutions of power, took place under unique acoustic conditions. The latter, in turn, were embedded not only in an intermedial and sensory structure, but also in a complex system of symbols and signs that conveyed certain messages or evoked particular associations. The contributions to this conference volume are devoted to these multi-layered connections and constellations, their manifestations in sound and silence, their distinctive power and their inherent specifics. The approach to the topic is interdisciplinary and multi-perspective as well as inter-, cross-, and transcultural and focuses on various courtly and urban instances of power between Ragusa, the Ottoman Empire, Habsburg-Burgundy, China, and other cultures at the turn of the 14th century to the beginning of the 18th century.

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Publisher
Bohlau Verlag Gmbh U Co Kg
Publication date
2024
Language
English
ISBN 10 
3412528986
ISBN 13 
9783412528980
Binding
Hardcover
Edition number
1
Number of pages
456
Editor
Demirbas Tul, Scharrer Margret