Civic Ritual in Renaissance Venice

Edward Muir

ISBN 10: 0691102007 / ISBN 13: 9780691102009

Published by Princeton University Press, US, 1986

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Venice's reputation for political stability and a strong, balanced republican government holds a prominent place in European political theory. Edward Muir traces the origins and development of this reputation, paying particular attention to the sixteenth century, when civic ritual in Venice reached its peak. He shows how the ritualization of society and politics was an important reason for Venice's stability. Influenced in part by cultural anthropology, he establishes and applies to Venice a new methodology for the historical study of civic ritual.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Civic Ritual in Renaissance Venice
• Publisher: Princeton University Press, US
• Publication Date: 1986
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0691102007
• ISBN 13: 9780691102009
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: New
• Weight: 539 grams

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Venice's reputation for political stability and a strong, balanced republican government holds a prominent place in European political theory. Edward Muir traces the origins and development of this reputation, paying particular attention to the sixteenth century, when civic ritual in Venice reached its peak. He shows how the ritualization of society and politics was an important reason for Venice's stability. Influenced in part by cultural anthropology, he establishes and applies to Venice a new methodology for the historical study of civic ritual.