Beyond the Palio is an interdisciplinary collection of essays examining the components and importance of ritual events and ceremonies in Renaissance Siena.

• Brings together studies based upon diverse disciplinary and methodological approaches to a common theme.
  
• Provides specific case studies and useful comparisons to well-known monographic studies of ritual in Florence and Venice.
  
• Concentrates on a single city to emphasize the important function of public rituals to life during the early modern period.
  
• Looks at both local...