Civic ceremony and religion in Bruges 1300-1520

布鲁日的公民仪式和宗教 1300-1520 年

• 批准号: AH/E504183/1
• 负责人: Andrew Brown
• 金额: $ 3.39万
• 依托单位: University of Edinburgh
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Research Grant
• 财政年份: 2007
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2007 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=AH%2FE504183%2F1
• 关键词: Civic; ceremony; religion; Bruges; 1300

Like many European towns during the later Middle Ages, Bruges witnessed a great expansion in all ceremonial, collective and public forms of devotion. Processions of relics, liturgical ceremonies, festive celebrations, religious endowments and guilds all proliferated. Why did this phenomenon occur? The proposed book seeks to provide answers to the question following several main lines of inquiry. The particular religious, political, social, and economic conditions in Bruges itself to be examined, using the rich and underexploited archives of the town. These issues also need to be set within a wider comparative framework. Did the town authorities in Bruges create a 'civic religion' and 'identity' in the same way that their counterparts in Northern Italy are said to have done? Civic management of local cults, processions and other ceremonies will be of particular interest in this book.Unlike the 'city states' of Northern Italy, towns in the Low Countries were subject to princely rule. The ceremonial relationship between Bruges and its rulers will be another theme pursued in this book. Recent research into the use made by Burgundian rulers of court spectacles and urban ceremonies has emphasised the pressure exerted by the state on urban traditions, how these were made to serve a 'theatre-state' or communicate state power. This book proposes to test these assumptions, and examine other ways in which court and city interacted at a ceremonial level, particularly in the Entry ceremonies that princes made into Bruges.All these themes prompt wider theoretical questions. Firstly, a study of civic management of cults raises questions about the complex relationship between religious culture and social conditions, and how the one interacted with the other. The Bruges authorities had to deal with religious institutions and cults, all with their own traditions: these could not be manipulated at will. Secondly, a study of the ceremonial relationship between Bruges and its rulers requires consideration of the relationship between 'ritual' and power, 'symbolic communication' and the exercise of authority. Anthropological theories can help to clarify thought on these problems. But the meanings that contemporaries attached to processions and religious symbolism also need to be fully explored. The wealth of material available in Bruges in both the civic and ecclesiastical archives helps to contextualise study of the nature and function of late medieval ceremonies.

像中世纪后期的许多欧洲城镇一样，布鲁日见证了所有仪式、集体和公共形式的奉献活动的巨大扩张。文物游行、礼拜仪式、节日庆典、宗教捐赠和行会都激增。为什么会出现这种现象？拟议的书试图提供以下几个主要调查线的问题的答案。布鲁日特有的宗教、政治、社会和经济状况，将利用该市丰富而未被充分利用的档案进行研究。这些问题也需要放在一个更广泛的比较框架内。布鲁日的市政当局是否创造了一种“公民宗教”和“身份”，就像他们在意大利北部的同行所说的那样？公民管理的地方邪教，游行和其他仪式将特别感兴趣在这本书。与意大利北部的“城邦”不同，低地国家的城镇受王公统治。布鲁日与其统治者之间的礼仪关系将是本书探讨的另一个主题。最近对勃艮第统治者使用宫廷景观和城市仪式的研究强调了国家对城市传统施加的压力，这些传统是如何服务于“戏剧国家”或传达国家权力的。本书试图检验这些假设，并考察宫廷和城市在仪式层面互动的其他方式，特别是在王子们进入布鲁日的仪式中。所有这些主题都引发了更广泛的理论问题。首先，对邪教公民管理的研究提出了宗教文化与社会条件之间复杂关系以及两者如何相互作用的问题。布鲁日当局必须处理宗教机构和邪教，它们都有自己的传统：这些不能随意操纵。其次，研究布鲁日与其统治者之间的仪式关系需要考虑“仪式”与权力、“象征性沟通”与权力行使之间的关系。人类学理论有助于澄清对这些问题的思考。但当代人赋予游行和宗教象征的意义也需要充分探索。布鲁日的公民和教会档案中丰富的材料有助于对中世纪晚期仪式的性质和功能进行背景研究。