Description

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This sixth volume in the European Festival Studies series stems from a joint conference (Venice, 2013) between the Society for European Festivals Research and the European Science Foundation's PALATIUM project. Drawing on up-to-date scholarship, a Europe-wide group of early-career and experienced academics provides a unique account of spectacular occasions of state which influenced the political, social and cultural lives of contemporary societies. International pan-European turbulence associated with post-Reformation religious conflict supplies the context within which the book explores how the period's rulers and lite families competed for power - in a forecast of today's divided world.

About the Author

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J.R. Mulryne is Professor Emeritus at the University of Warwick, UK.Krista De Jonge is Professor of Architectural History at the University of Leuven.R.L.M. (Richard) Morris is a Supervisor in History at the University of Cambridge.Pieter Martens is Assistant Professor at the Vrije Universiteit Brussel.