{"product_id":"ceremony-and-civility-civic-culture-in-late-medieval-london-paperback","title":"Ceremony and Civility: Civic Culture in Late Medieval London - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eBarbara A. Hanawalt\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMedieval London, like all premodern cities, had a largely immigrant population-only a small proportion of the inhabitants were citizens-and the newly arrived needed to be taught the civic culture of the city in order for that city to function peacefully. Ritual and ceremony played key roles in this acculturation process. In \u003cem\u003eCeremony and Civility\u003c\/em\u003e, Barbara A. Hanawalt shows how, in the late Middle Ages, London's elected officials and elites used ceremony and ritual to establish their legitimacy and power.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn a society in which hierarchical authority was most commonly determined by inheritance of title and office, or sanctified by ordination, civic officials who had been elected to their posts relied on rituals to cement their authority and dominance. Elections and inaugurations had to be very public and visually distinct in order to quickly communicate with the masses: the robes of office needed to distinguish the officers so that everyone would know who they were. The result was a colorful civic pageantry.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNewcomers found their places within this structure in various ways. Apprentices entering the city to take up a trade were educated in civic culture by their masters. Gilds similarly used rituals, oath swearing, and distinctive livery to mark their members' belonging. But these public shows of belonging and orderly civic life also had a dark side. Those who rebelled against authority and broke the civic ordinances were made spectacles through ritual humiliations and public parades through the streets so that others could take heed of these offenders of the law.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAn accessible look at late medieval London through the lens of civic ceremonies and dispute resolution, \u003cem\u003eCeremony and Civility \u003c\/em\u003esynthesizes archival research with existing scholarship to show how an ever-shifting population was enculturated into premodern London.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBarbara A. Hanawalt \u003c\/strong\u003eis King George III Professor of British History Emerita, Ohio State University. Her books include \u003cem\u003eThe Ties That Bound: Peasant Families in Medieval England\u003c\/em\u003e (1986);\u003cem\u003e Growing Up in Medieval London: The Experience of Childhood in History\u003c\/em\u003e (1993); \u003cem\u003eOf Good and Ill Repute: Gender and Social Control in Medieval England \u003c\/em\u003e(1999); and \u003cem\u003eThe Wealth of Wives: Women, Law, and the Economy in Late Medieval London\u003c\/em\u003e (2007).\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 248\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.5 x 9.1 x 6.1 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e July 25, 2017\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52635445330227,"sku":"9780190490409","price":78.8,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/FoUk9fP8R_9780190490409.webp?v=1762257207","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/en-ca\/products\/ceremony-and-civility-civic-culture-in-late-medieval-london-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}