Civic Performance

Name: Civic Performance
Brand: Taylor & Francis

Taylor & Francis

Civic Performance: Pageantry and Entertainments in Early Modern London brings together a group of essays from across multiple fields of study that examine the socio-cultural, political, economic, and aesthetic dimensions of pageantry in sixteenth and seventeenth-century London.\nThis collection engages with modern interest in the spectacle and historical performances of pageantry and entertainments, including royal entries, progresses, coronation ceremonies, Lord Mayor\u0092s Shows, and processions. Through a discussion of the extant texts, visual records, archival material, and emerging projects in the digital humanities, the chapters elucidate the forms in which the period itself recorded its public rituals, pageantry, and ephemeral entertainments. The diversity of approaches contained in\n\nCivic Performance\nPageantry and Entertainments in Early Modern London\nFree UK delivery on this item.\n\nThis brand new item is available with free UK delivery using Royal Mail tracked service;