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== The return of the return of the dead: Communist Effigies == | == The return of the return of the dead: Communist Effigies == | ||
=== Weekend at Lenin's === | === Weekend at Lenin's === | ||
Revision as of 01:46, 16 April 2008
Contents
Simulacra and Interregna: Medieval Royal Effigies
How to make a convincing effigy
From Edward I/II to James I
“In early English medieval royal funerals the corpse itself was exhibited. Edward the Confessor (d. January 1065-6) and William the Conqueror (d. 1087) were both carried to their graves unembalmed and covered on a bier. The corpse of Henry I, who died in France in 1135, was rudely embalmed to facilitate its transport back to England but it was still orn covered upon a bier. The funeral of Henry II (1189) was the first in which the body was openly displayed arrayed in the coronation ornaments, with the face uncovered. There is evidence to suggest that Henry III was the first to be borne to his grave in a coffin with an image of wax outside but the first indisputable use of a royal effigy, made of wood, was at the funeral of Edward II (1327). The reasons for its introduction are unclear but probably relate to the three-month delay in organsing the funeral. Edward dide at Berkeley Castle on 21 September but was not buried in Gloucester Cathedral until 20 December. Medieval embalming techniques were insufficiently skilled to keep the body fresh for that length of time. Whatever the impetus behind its introduction, the use of the effigy had a tradition-like effect. Edward III was buried within two weeks of his death and thus public display of his corpse was possible but nevertheless an effigy was made. Subsequently, barring one or two exceptions, an effigy customarily appeared in all English royal funerals.” (Woodward 65-66)
The Paradox of Monarchy and Popular Sovereignty
The King's Two Bodies: The King is dead! Long live the King!
The Politics and Performance of Ascension
From Embodied Sovereignty to Constitutionalism
The return of the return of the dead: Communist Effigies
Weekend at Lenin's
Mao II
Real decay—pops and hissess
Live and Let Die
References
Woodward, Jennifer. The Theatre of Death: The Ritual Management of Royal Funerals in Renaissance England 1570-1625. Woodbridge: Boydell Press, 1997.
