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In a major departure from previous scholarship, this volume argues that the illustrations in the famous and widely influential Utrecht Psalter manuscript were inspired by a late antique Hebrew version of Psalms, rather than a Latin, Christian version of the text.Produced during the early ninth century in a workshop near Reims, France, the Utrecht Psalter is illustrated with pen-and-ink drawings in a lively style reminiscent of Hellenistic art. The motifs are largely literal renditions of words and phrases found in the book of Psalms. However, more than three dozen motifs cannot be explained by either the Latin text that accompanies the imagery or the commentaries of the church fathers. Through a close reading of the Hebrew Psalms, Pamela Berger demonstrates that these motifs can be explained only by the Hebrew text, the Jewish commentary, or Jewish art. Drawing comparisons between the "Hellenistic" style of the Psalter images and the style of late antique Galilean mosaics and using evidence from recent archaeological discoveries, Berger argues that the model for those Psalter illustrations dependent on the Hebrew text was produced in the Galilee.Pioneering and highly persuasive, this book resolves outstanding issues surrounding the origins of one of the most extensively studied illuminated manuscripts. It will be mandatory reading for many historians of medieval art and literature and for those interested in the Hebrew text of the book of Psalms.

Utrecht psalter --- Bible. --- Illustrations. --- Hebrew Psalms. --- Late Antique Jewish Art. --- Manuscript Illustration. --- Utrecht Psalter.

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The Peace of Utrecht (1713), which brought an end to the War of the Spanish Succession, was a milestone in global history. Performances of Peace aims to rethink the significance of the Peace of Utrecht by exploring the nexus between culture and politics. For too long, cultural and political historians have studied early modern international relations in isolation. By studying the political as well as the cultural aspects of this peace (and its concomitant paradoxes) from a broader perspective, this volume aims to shed new light on the relation between diplomacy and performative culture in the public sphere. Contributors are: Samia Al-Shayban, Lucien Bély, Renger E. de Bruin, Suzan van Dijk, Heinz Duchhardt, Julie Farguson, Linda Frey, Marsha Frey, Willem Frijhoff, Henriette Goldwyn, Cornelis van der Haven, Clare Jackson, Lotte Jensen, Phil McCluskey, Jane O. Newman, Aaron Alejandro Olivas, David Onnekink. This book is available in Open Access .

History of civilization --- anno 1700-1799 --- Europe --- Spanish Succession, War of, 1701-1714 --- Politics and culture --- Arts --- Performing arts --- Peace. --- Diplomatic history. --- History --- Political aspects --- Treaty of Utrecht --- Intellectual life --- Culture --- Culture and politics --- War of the Spanish Succession, 1701-1714 --- Show business --- Performance art --- Arts, Fine --- Arts, Occidental --- Arts, Western --- Fine arts --- Humanities --- Freden i Utrecht --- Friede von Utrecht --- Peace of Utrecht --- Perjanjian Utrecht --- Pokój utrechcki --- Sporazum u Utrehtu --- Tractat d'Utrecht --- Traités d'Utrecht --- Traktato de Utrecht --- Tratado de Utrecht --- Trattato di Utrecht --- Treaties of Utrecht --- Utrecht, Treaty of --- Utrechto sutartis --- Utrechtský mier --- Vrede van Utrecht --- Yutorehito jōyaku --- Arts, Primitive --- treaty of utrecht --- Fireworks --- France --- Netherlands

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What makes a happy city? How can a city respond adequately and resiliently to a crisis disrupting civic society? Answers to these timeless questions differ through time. A Miracle of St Martin – Utrecht a Happy City tells the story of Utrecht and St Martin. At the occasion of Utrecht’s 900th anniversary as a free city, the book elucidates how the bond between Utrecht and its patron saint since the early Middle Ages inspired people to contribute to a happy city. The book is designed as a diptych, focusing first on St Martin’s Utrecht patronage around the year 900, when the settlement built within the walls of the former Roman castellum endured difficult times due to political and climatological troubles. Bishop Radbod (899/900-917) calls upon his fellow citizens to cultivate the commemoration of St Martin and to appeal to the saintly figure in times of hardship. The book includes a translation of Radbod’s Miracle Story of St Martin and unravels the secrets of his Gregorian office for the summer feast of St Martin’s Translation on July 4th.The second part of the book focuses on St Martin’s role in the multicultural twenty-first-century city of Utrecht. The popular St Martin’s Parade establishes a new celebration of the saint with music, street art and a parade of lights. Reflecting on this newly (re-)invented tradition we discover St Martin anew as a symbolic figure representing values of the inclusive city in past and present.The book is lavishly illustrated with images of St Martin and his cult in medieval and modern-day Utrecht.

Radboud, --- Martin, --- Utrecht (Netherlands) --- History. --- Social life and customs. --- St Martin, medieval Utrecht, urban patronage, medieval music, civic cult of saints

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Germans --- History --- Germany --- Utrecht (Netherlands) --- Germany. --- Netherlands --- Emigration and immigration --- History --- Emigration and immigration --- History

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This anthropological study investigates the role of religious experiences in the growth of Pentecostal churches through a case study of a Dutch charismatic church. Included is an ethnographic analysis of the congregation, as well as a detailed description of the history, and development of the Vineyard community.

Experience (Religion). --- Pentecostal churches -- Netherlands. --- Vineyard Utrecht. --- Pentecostal churches --- Experience (Religion) --- Religion --- Philosophy & Religion --- Christianity --- Religious experience --- Psychology, Religious --- Pentecostalism