Ritual, ostension and the divine in the Stuart masque
Examining the liturgical and iconographical nature of Stuart Court masques, this article argues that the masque performs a mode of incorporation representing the ritual of the transubstantiation of the individual into an absolute monarch. Masques are political, mythological, theological and cosmolog...
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Format: | Print Article |
Language: | English |
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2003
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Literature and theology
Year: 2003, Volume: 17, Issue: 3, Pages: 298-313 |
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Stuart Family
/ England
/ Court ceremonial
/ Mask
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IxTheo Classification: | CD Christianity and Culture KAG Church history 1500-1648; Reformation; humanism; Renaissance KBF British Isles |
Summary: | Examining the liturgical and iconographical nature of Stuart Court masques, this article argues that the masque performs a mode of incorporation representing the ritual of the transubstantiation of the individual into an absolute monarch. Masques are political, mythological, theological and cosmological events in which the divine right of kings is practised. |
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ISSN: | 0269-1205 |
Contains: | In: Literature and theology
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