Author: Geoffrey Sumi
Publisher: University of Michigan Press
ISBN: 0472036661
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 379
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Analyzes the relationship between political power and public ceremonial in the period between Julius Caesar and the first emperor Augustus
Author: Bernard Quaritch
Publisher:
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Category : Books
Languages : en
Pages : 588
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Author: William Stirling Maxwell
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Category : Artists
Languages : en
Pages : 296
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Author: Alejandro Caneque
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1135945098
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 417
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To rule their vast new American territories, the Spanish monarchs appointed viceroys in an attempt to reproduce the monarchical system of government prevailing at the time in Europe. But despite the political significance of the figure of the viceroy, little is known about the mechanisms of viceregal power and its relation to ideas of kingship. Examining this figure, The King's Living Image challenges long-held perspectives on the political nature of Spanish colonialism, recovering, at the same time, the complexity of the political discourses and practices of Spanish rule. It does so by studying the viceregal political culture that developed in New Spain in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries and the mechanisms, both formal and informal, of viceregal rule. In so doing, The King's Living Image questions the very existence of a "colonial state" and contends that imperial power was constituted in ritual ceremonies. It also emphasizes the viceroys' significance in carrying out the civilizing mission of the Spanish monarchy with regard to the indigenous population. The King's Living Image will redefine the ways in which scholars have traditionally looked at the viceregal administration in colonial Mexico.
Author: William Stirling Maxwell
Publisher: London : J.W. Parker
ISBN:
Category : Painters
Languages : en
Pages : 292
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Author: Thomas J. Keeline
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1316846164
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 404
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The Pro Milone numbers among Cicero's most famous speeches. In it he defends his friend T. Annius Milo against the charge of murdering P. Clodius Pulcher, Cicero's own archenemy. Clodius' death, Milo's trial, and their aftermath consumed Roman public life in 52 BC, involving every major political figure of the day. Although Cicero's defense failed, the published speech remains one of his finest, a fascinating document from a turbulent time, full of interest both historical and rhetorical. This edition, aimed at students and scholars alike, provides readers with the help that they need to appreciate the speech as a literary masterpiece and a historical text. Including a comprehensive introduction and a newly constituted Latin text, it provides detailed treatment of Cicero's language, style, and rhetorical techniques, as well as full discussion of the historical background and the larger social and cultural issues relevant to the speech.
Author: Sir afterwards STIRLING MAXWELL STIRLING (William)
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 288
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Author: Ted Lars Lennard Bergman
Publisher: Tamesis Books
ISBN: 9781855660960
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 262
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Frantic and popular characters and situations from the entremes tradition, thought by many as opposing the comedias' main features, are instead shown to join and often dominate these features through the introduction of absurd figuras, slapstick, and burlas."--BOOK JACKET.
Author: Melania Bucciarelli
Publisher: Boydell & Brewer
ISBN: 1843833174
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 465
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"The linking theme of the essays collected here is the intersection of musical work with social and cultural practice. Inspired by Professor Strohm's ideas, as is fitting in a volume in his honour, leading scholars in the field explore diverse conceptualizations of the 'work' within the contexts of a specific repertory, over four main sections. Music in Theory and Practice studies the link between treatises and musical practice, and analyses how historical writings can reveal period views on the 'work' in music before 1800. Art and Social Process: Music in Court and Urban Societies looks at the social and cultural practices informing composition from the late Renaissance until the mid-eighteenth century, and interrogates current notions of canon formation and the exchange between local and foreign traditions. Creating an Opera Industry focuses on how genre and artistic autonomy were defined in operas from diverse eras and countries, explaining the role of literature and politics in this process. Finally, The Crisis of Modernity treats nineteenth-century music, offering new models for 'work' and 'context' to challenge reigning theories of the meaning of these terms."--Publisher's website.
Author: Virgil
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Languages : en
Pages : 616
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