Introduction
1. Origins and the Festival’s First Phase (c. 900-1200)
2. The Medieval Transformation of the Festival (c. 1200-1467)
3. The Revival of the Festival and its Early Modern Consolidation (1500-1871)
4. The Crisis of Modernity: the Festival’s Decline and Reinvention (1871-1942)
5. The Post-war Revival and Contemporary Dynamics (1947-today)
6. Conclusion
Bibliography
Index