1. An earlier version of this paper was presented in the first international conference of the International Society for the Study of European Ideas: Turning Points in History, Amsterdam (September 1988). The paper was written while the author was a fellow-in-residence at the Netherlands Institute for Advanced Study.
2. Bernard Guenée Françoise LehouxLes entrées royales françaises de 1329 à 15151968 Paris Joël BlanchardLes entrées royales. Pouvoir et représentation du pouvoir à la fin du moyen âgeLiterature50 1983 3 14 Lawrence K. BryantLa cérémonie de l'entrée à Paris au moyen âgeAnnales E.S.C.41 1986 513 542
3. Very little attention has been paid to executions in French literature about death and dying. Significantly, theAnnalesissue dedicated to this topic (Vol. 31:1, 1976), made no mention of this form of death. In recent years, Dutch and German historians have begun to pay more attention to the ritual of executions.
4. Richard van DülmenDas Schauspiel des Todes: Hinrichtungsrituale in der frühen NeuzeitSee Richard van Dülmen Norbert SchindlerVolkskultur zu Wiederentdeckung des vergessenen Alltags (16.–20. Jahrhundert)1984 417 423 Frankfurt Anton BlökOpenbare strafvoltrekkingen als rites de passageTijdschrift voor Geschiedenis97 1984 470 481 Samuel Y. EdgertonPictures and Punishment: Art and Criminal Prosecution during the Florentine RenaissanceIthaca N.Y 1984 An unusual and extremely important contribution to the subject is