The Dangers of Ritual
Philippe Buc · 2001
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"Medieval historians will find this book an indispensable resource for its insights into methodological issues crucial to their discipline. As Buc demonstrates, only rigorous attention to the contexts within which authors worked can allow us to reconstruct from medieval documents how "rituals" might have functioned. Ultimately, he argues, too swift an application of contemporary models to highly complex textual artifacts blinds us to the specificities of early medieval European political culture."--BOOK JACKET.
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Book details
- Year
- 2001
- Language
- English
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Editions
- 1
- Pages
- 286
- ISBN
- 9780691016047
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