THE PUBLIC SPECTACLE IN ROMANIAN SOCIETY PREMODERN. SCENOGRAPHY AND AUTHORITY IN DEVELOPING RELIGIOUS CELEBRATIONS
THE PUBLIC SPECTACLE IN ROMANIAN SOCIETY PREMODERN. SCENOGRAPHY AND AUTHORITY IN DEVELOPING RELIGIOUS CELEBRATIONS

Summary/Abstract: In the case of pre-modern Romanian society, religious celebrations were not only religion lessons; its were lessons which practicing behaviors, gestures and social attitudes. Thus, they became a good opportunity for to show the political power and social differences. Having a large capacity of social mobilization, the deployment religious celebrations could be done anyway. Therefore, gestures were ritualized framework was carefully prepared, place and contribution of each well fixed. In our paper we showed some examples that illustrate that respect religious holidays are a form of public spectacle.

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