Venice's reputation for political stability and a strong, balanced republican government holds a prominent place in European political theory. Edward Muir traces the origins and development of this reputation, paying particular attention to the sixteenth century, when civic ritual in Venice reached its peak. He shows how the ritualization of society and politics was an important reason for Venice's stability. Influenced in part by cultural anthropology, he establishes and applies to Venice a new methodology for the historical study of civic ritual.
- ISBN10 0691201358
- ISBN13 9780691201351
- Publish Date 21 July 2020 (first published 21 July 1981)
- Publish Status Active
- Publish Country US
- Imprint Princeton University Press
- Format eBook
- Language English