The Triumphs of the Defeated

Early Modern Festivals and Messages of Legitimacy

• Author(s): Peter Davidson, Jill Bepler,
• Publisher: Harrassowitz in Kommission
• Pages: 288
• ISBN_10: 3447056630
  ISBN_13: 9783447056632
  
• Language: en
• Categories: History / Europe / Renaissance , History / Modern / 16th Century , Social Science / Anthropology / Cultural & Social ,

Description:... The subject of this monograph is early modern European festival culture. The eleven contributions describe aspects of festivities or ceremonies organized by individuals or groups whose power base was threatened or non-existent: refugees, confessional groups, minorities and women. A central question is the complexity of the term "defeated". The contributions investigate the cultural strategies which minorities exploited in order to underpin their claims to legitimacy and retain their identity in the face of a hostile or indifferent environment.