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Beyond the Palio: Urbanism and Ritual in Renaissance Siena
Philippa Jackson (Editor), Fabrizio Nevola (Editor)
ISBN: 978-1-4051-5572-4
Paperback
160 pages
November 2006, Wiley-Blackwell
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Beyond the Palio is an interdisciplinary collection of essays examining the components and importance of ritual events and ceremonies in Renaissance Siena.
  • Brings together studies based upon diverse disciplinary and methodological approaches to a common theme.
  • Provides specific case studies and useful comparisons to well-known monographic studies of ritual in Florence and Venice.
  • Concentrates on a single city to emphasize the important function of public rituals to life during the early modern period.
  • Looks at both local ritual life and the ways it was presented to and viewed by those outside the city.