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En la mayoría de las ciudades del centro-norte de Italia, entre los siglos XVI y XVIII las instituciones municipales establecidas en la época de la comuna mantuvieron su vitalidad, incluso tras la "pérdida de la libertad" y la consolidación de los estados regionales. Al mismo tiempo, las élites de la ciudad siguieron reelaborando la memoria y la identidad cívica, dando nuevos significados a personas y acontecimientos que se remontaban a un pasado más o menos glorioso de la historia de la ciudad (ya fuera la época romana, o la Edad Media comunal y cristiana, o la concordia cívica recuperada). Ceremonias públicas y rituales destinados a sancionar el statu quo social y político, ciclos de frescos, fiestas religiosas, palii y juegos de fuerte sabor identitario centran, pues, los estudios aquí recogidos.

Rites and ceremonies.

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Funerary rituals and the cult of the dead are classics of research in religious studies, especially for ancient Egypt. Still, we know relatively little about how people interacted in daily life at the city of Memphis and its Saqqara necropolis in the late second millennium BCE. By focussing on lived ancient religion, we can see that the social and religious strategies employed by the individuals at Saqqara are not just means on the way to religious, post-mortem salvation, nor is their self-representation simply intended to manifest social status. On the contrary, the religious practices at Saqqara show in their complex spatiality a wide spectrum of options to configure sociality before and after one's own death. The analytical distinction between religion and other forms of human practices and sociality illuminates the range of cultural practices and how people selected, modified, or even avoided certain religious practices. As a result, pre-funerary, funerary and practices of the subsequent mortuary cults, in close connection with religious practices directed towards other ancestors and deities, allow the formation of imagined and functioning reminiscence clusters as central social groups at Saqqara, creating a heuristic model applicable also to other contexts. Die Herausforderung religionsgeschichtlicher Forschung besteht darin, die Erschließung von Quellen in ihren Kontexten und ihre theoriegeleitete Erklärung mit einer historisch-kritischen Reflexion der Wissensproduktion selbst zu verknüpfen. Die Reihe Religionsgeschichtliche Versuche und Vorarbeiten (RGVV) will dieser Komplementarität von historischer Kontextualisierung, theoretischer Verdichtung und disziplinärer Positionierung Rechnung tragen. Studien zu kulturspezifischen Sachzusammenhängen stehen neben vergleichenden Arbeiten, in Form von Monographien oder thematisch fokussierten Sammelbänden.

Funeral rites and ceremonies.

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Scientemente rimossa dalla cultura oggi dominante, nell'Italia e nell'Europa del tardo medioevo e della prima età moderna la morte era 'vissuta' con maggiore confidenza e consapevolezza; e talvolta con serenità. Nei modi del morire e nel pensare la morte e nella ritualità religiosa e civile, così varia e ricca, che la accompagnavano si rispecchiavano i valori e le scelte di ricchi e poveri, di re e contadini, di mercanti e soldati, di nobili e chierici, di donne e uomini. A distanza di qualche decennio dalle grandi ricerche che hanno aperto anche per l'Italia questa prospettiva di indagine (Ariès, Tenenti), il volume percorre attraverso una serie di approfondimenti, penetranti e suggestivi un tema affascinante e complesso, al quale nessun lettore potrà dirsi estraneo.

Funeral rites and ceremonies --- Death --- History

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Emerging from more than two decades of research in the field and in the archives, the essays collected here explore the multifaceted topic of the Fijian firewalking ceremony, the vilavilairevo. The collection examines the intersection of the intertwined topics of cultural property, reproduction of tradition, and change with issues of (post)colonial representation, authenticity, and ethnic identity. The essays advance new insights on the tourist gaze and the safeguarding of intangible cultural heritage and pose serious questions regarding the role of digital and social media as tools for preserving cultural legacies and extending traditional cultural worlds into new domains. Focusing on the response of the Sawau tribe of the island of Beqa to the commodification of the vilavilairevo as their iconic practice, this essay collection ultimately illuminates how the Christian cultural dynamics and unprecedented dogmatic schism surrounding the vilavilairevo spectacle are reshaping local notions of heritage, social sentiment, and social capital.

Rites and ceremonies --- Culture and tourism

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"This book is the result of collaborations between international researchers who have focused on diverse processes of democratic participation-and exclusion-that are intimately involved with ritual acts and complexes. The main question integrating the collection concerns the ways in which the performative qualities of ritual resources achieve their potential as forms of personal and political empowerment in our changing world. The authors seek to define the key terms "ritual" and "democracy" with reference to fieldwork-informed case studies from selected communities. They critically address democracy as a concept in a time of climate crisis, nationalism, religious re-traditionalizing, fake news and aspirational fascism. Furthermore, they discuss ways in which ritualized practices such as memorial gatherings, festivals, protest actions, pilgrimages and worship services give rise to modes of feeling, processes of representation, and patterns of interaction in which democratic explorations are given pride of place."--

Ritual --- Rites and ceremonies --- Democracy --- Social aspects. --- Religious aspects. --- Ceremonies --- Cult --- Cultus --- Ecclesiastical rites and ceremonies --- Religious ceremonies --- Religious rites --- Rites of passage --- Traditions --- Ritualism --- Manners and customs --- Mysteries, Religious --- Liturgies --- Public worship --- Symbolism --- Worship --- Religion --- Religion, Politics & State