Publisher's Synopsis
Beyond the Palio is an interdisciplinary collection of essays examining the components and importance of ritual events and ceremonies in Renaissance Siena.
- Brings together studies based upon diverse disciplinary and methodological approaches to a common theme.
- Provides specific case studies and useful comparisons to well-known monographic studies of ritual in Florence and Venice.
- Concentrates on a single city to emphasize the important function of public rituals to life during the early modern period.
- Looks at both local ritual life and the ways it was presented to and viewed by those outside the city.
