Author: Gerald Parsons
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2017-05-15
Total Pages: 217
ISBN-13: 1351900137
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Siena is often referred to as the 'City of the Virgin' and the 'City of the Palio'. The special devotion of the Sienese to the Virgin began in the thirteenth century and in times of danger the Sienese have regularly rededicated their city to the Madonna, who is also celebrated in the twice-yearly festival of the Palio. Siena, Civil Religion and the Sienese examines Sienese devotion to the Virgin from the medieval period until the present day. Exploring how the Palio has become the principal means of sustaining and celebrating Sienese culture, values and identity - including popular devotion to the Virgin - Parsons shows how this festival stands in continuity with the earlier civil religion of medieval and renaissance Siena. Drawing on insights from recent discussion of the role of civil religion in medieval and renaissance Italy, the USA and modern Britain, this book explores how civil religion sustains the Sienese sense of their history, identity and uniqueness through a variety of beliefs, rituals, ceremonies and symbols. Highly illustrated and including a full bibliography, this book breaks new ground in interpreting Sienese devotion to the Virgin and to the Palio in terms of 'civil religion'.
Author: Christopher Kleinhenz
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2004-08-02
Total Pages: 1321
ISBN-13: 1135948801
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →This Encyclopedia gathers together the most recent scholarship on Medieval Italy, while offering a sweeping view of all aspects of life in Italy during the Middle Ages. This two volume, illustrated, A-Z reference is a cross-disciplinary resource for information on literature, history, the arts, science, philosophy, and religion in Italy between A.D. 450 and 1375. For more information including the introduction, a full list of entries and contributors, a generous selection of sample pages, and more, visit the Medieval Italy: An Encyclopedia website.
Author: University of Chicago
Publisher:
Published: 1925
Total Pages: 236
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →1897/98 includes summaries for 1891 to 1897.
Author: Luigi Carnovale
Publisher:
Published: 1917
Total Pages: 698
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK →In English and Italian, with special t.p. in Italian: Perche l'Italia e entrata nell grande guerra ...