Publication
Title
Rites of reversion : ceremonial memory and community in the funeral services for Philip II in the Netherlands (1598)
Author
Abstract
Philip II's death in September 1598 coincided with the restoration of Habsburg authority in the southern Low Countries after decades of revolt. Local obsequies for the deceased ruler therefore reclaimed ecclesiastical infrastructure and revived urban cohesion. In contrast to previous funerals, the Brussels service did not significantly stage a transfer of power. Instead, by selectively drawing on traces of former ceremonies, particularly Charles V's 1558 funeral, the ritual overcame the recent upheavals and soothed the anxieties surrounding the cession of sovereignty to the archdukes. Simultaneously, each important urban center also staged its own ceremonial, thereby stressing local privilege.
Language
English
Source (journal)
Renaissance quarterly / Renaissance Society of America. - New York, N.Y., 1967, currens
Publication
New York, N.Y. : 2018
ISSN
0034-4338 [print]
1935-0236 [online]
DOI
10.1086/700861
Volume/pages
71 :4 (2018) , p. 1391-1429
ISI
000453607700005
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UAntwerpen
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Subject
Art 
Affiliation
Publications with a UAntwerp address
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