Commentatio academica - Uppsala. / Includes indexes. Includes bibliographical references (p. [xiii]-xvi).

Zugl.: Queensland, Univ., Diss., 2003

The rise of English Protestantism produced a curious phenomenon in early modern England: the silencing of pipe organs in cathedrals and parish churches across the land. During the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, this ecclesiastical instrument figuratively embodied and literally gave voice to the Roman Catholic Church. Because this ancient technology was perceived to be emblematic of much that was despised in Catholic ritual, it came under assault by the Anglicans, the Puritans, the Monarchy, the Parliament, Oliver Cromwell's army, and even the militant rabble-rouser in the street. My dissertation shows that it was the symbolic role played by the organ that bore the responsibility for this violence. My hypothesis is further enhanced by an investigation of the events immediately following the Commonwealth Era, when the Restoration of the Monarchy resulted in the restoration of the pipe organ. In this detailed case study, I examine the role of the organ as a stable technology in the unstable society of early modern England. During the time that the ecclesiastical organ personified the Roman Catholic Church, it was persecuted. As soon as the balance of power shifted, this symbolism was no longer significant and the King of Instruments was restored to its long-accustomed place in the service of worship in English society. My analysis of the multifaceted relationship that existed between this well-established, essentially transparent technology and the diverse social structures that attempted to annihilate it shows the significance of using the concept of technology as symbol as an appropriate analytical category for interpreting the history of the organ in early modern England. / Ph. D.

O presente trabalho “Ecos de uma tradição: a ideia de decadência na obra Epitoma Rei Militaris, de Flavius Vegetius Renatus” analisa os escritos desse autor romano dos séculos IV-V d.C., cujo tratado pretendia servir como base para uma reforma no exército imperial. Procuro compreender o funcionamento da ideia de decadência em sua obra, partindo da noção de formação discursiva, desenvolvida por Michel Foucault. A partir dessa problemática, os enunciados, objetos, estratégias e conceitos que compõem e constroem o discurso da decadência são descritos. Na medida em que são analisados os autores fontes de Vegetius, os enunciados são ligados a uma tradição decadentista. O objetivo final desta pesquisa é analisar o diálogo entre esta tradição e o uso dos enunciados na obra em questão. / This work entitled “Echoes of a tradition: the idea of decadence in the work Epitoma Rei Militaris, of Flavius Vegetius Renatus” examines the writings of the said roman author of the fourth-fifth century A.D., whose treaty was intended to serve as the basis for a reform of the imperial army. I try to understand the operation of the idea of decadence in his work, based on the notion of discursive formation, developed by Michel Foucault. Based on this problematic, the statements, objects, strategies and concepts that compose and construct the discourse of decline are described. Throughout the analyzes of Vegetius and its sources the statements are linked to a decadent tradition. This research’s goal is to exam the dialogue between this tradition and the use of statements in the book in question.

O presente trabalho “Ecos de uma tradição: a ideia de decadência na obra Epitoma Rei Militaris, de Flavius Vegetius Renatus” analisa os escritos desse autor romano dos séculos IV-V d.C., cujo tratado pretendia servir como base para uma reforma no exército imperial. Procuro compreender o funcionamento da ideia de decadência em sua obra, partindo da noção de formação discursiva, desenvolvida por Michel Foucault. A partir dessa problemática, os enunciados, objetos, estratégias e conceitos que compõem e constroem o discurso da decadência são descritos. Na medida em que são analisados os autores fontes de Vegetius, os enunciados são ligados a uma tradição decadentista. O objetivo final desta pesquisa é analisar o diálogo entre esta tradição e o uso dos enunciados na obra em questão. / This work entitled “Echoes of a tradition: the idea of decadence in the work Epitoma Rei Militaris, of Flavius Vegetius Renatus” examines the writings of the said roman author of the fourth-fifth century A.D., whose treaty was intended to serve as the basis for a reform of the imperial army. I try to understand the operation of the idea of decadence in his work, based on the notion of discursive formation, developed by Michel Foucault. Based on this problematic, the statements, objects, strategies and concepts that compose and construct the discourse of decline are described. Throughout the analyzes of Vegetius and its sources the statements are linked to a decadent tradition. This research’s goal is to exam the dialogue between this tradition and the use of statements in the book in question.

O presente trabalho “Ecos de uma tradição: a ideia de decadência na obra Epitoma Rei Militaris, de Flavius Vegetius Renatus” analisa os escritos desse autor romano dos séculos IV-V d.C., cujo tratado pretendia servir como base para uma reforma no exército imperial. Procuro compreender o funcionamento da ideia de decadência em sua obra, partindo da noção de formação discursiva, desenvolvida por Michel Foucault. A partir dessa problemática, os enunciados, objetos, estratégias e conceitos que compõem e constroem o discurso da decadência são descritos. Na medida em que são analisados os autores fontes de Vegetius, os enunciados são ligados a uma tradição decadentista. O objetivo final desta pesquisa é analisar o diálogo entre esta tradição e o uso dos enunciados na obra em questão. / This work entitled “Echoes of a tradition: the idea of decadence in the work Epitoma Rei Militaris, of Flavius Vegetius Renatus” examines the writings of the said roman author of the fourth-fifth century A.D., whose treaty was intended to serve as the basis for a reform of the imperial army. I try to understand the operation of the idea of decadence in his work, based on the notion of discursive formation, developed by Michel Foucault. Based on this problematic, the statements, objects, strategies and concepts that compose and construct the discourse of decline are described. Throughout the analyzes of Vegetius and its sources the statements are linked to a decadent tradition. This research’s goal is to exam the dialogue between this tradition and the use of statements in the book in question.