:<i>Medieval and Early Modern Ritual: Formalized Behavior in Europe, China, and Japan</i>

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List of Illustrations List of Contributors Foreword, Joelle Rollo-Koster Introduction, Catherine Bell PART ONE. RITUAL AND GENDER Burchard of Worms and Female Magical Ritual, Martha Rampton A Princess Comes of Age: Gender, Life-cycle and Royal Ritual in Song Dynasty China, Ann Waltner PART TWO. RITUAL AND THE LAW Ritual Before the Altar: Legal Satisfaction and Spiritual Reconciliation in Eleventh-Century Anjou, Marguerite Ragnow Rituals in Medieval Business, Kathryn Reyerson The Judge, the Doctor and the Poisoner: Medical Expertise in Manosquin Judicial Rituals at the End of the Fourteenth Century, Andree Courtemanche PART THREE. RITUAL AND IDENTITY Graffiti and Ritualization: San Sebastiano at Arborio, Veronique Plesch The Triumph of the Abbey of the Conards: Spectacle and Sophistication in a Rouen Carnival, Dylan Reid Chanters at the Gate: Ritual/Performing Arts of Fifteenth-Century Japanese Outcasts, Eric C. Rath Jesuits and Ritual in Early Modern Europe, Michael W. Maher, S.J. PART

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