<div dir="ltr"><div><div>I am pleased to announce the publication of my book <i>Liturgy of Empire: Reading the Mozarabic Rite in Early Modern Europe </i>(Brill, The Medieval and Early Modern Iberian World series), available for free download in open access: <a href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://brill.com/display/title/71438__;!!BDUfV1Et5lrpZQ!QkVXPJ-452NgNQ65KTwmq4qPl1WpVXnFMfC8W90S817_x0igciKn0Cvc2zTDZsLrBTEV36v3re3AUG5ygvYHJsAe$" target="_blank">https://brill.com/display/title/71438</a></div><div><br></div><div><div><i>Liturgy of Empire </i>examines the European reception of the neo-Mozarabic rite created under the patronage of the Archbishop of Toledo, Francisco Jimenez de Cisneros (1495-1517), in relation to the history of the Mozarabs of Toledo, the development of bibliophilia and libraries, the scholarly study of medieval liturgy, and the crusading ideology of Spanish expansionism in the Mediterranean. During the emergence of Spain’s global empire, the editions of the Mozarabic rite entered collections throughout Europe. The provenance of the copies (studied here for the first time) reveals their mediation of knowledge about Iberian history and the political contexts for their acquisition. There will be a panel about the book on November 20 (on Zoom as well as in person): <a href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://sofheyman.org/events/celebrating-recent-work-by-susan-boynton__;!!BDUfV1Et5lrpZQ!QkVXPJ-452NgNQ65KTwmq4qPl1WpVXnFMfC8W90S817_x0igciKn0Cvc2zTDZsLrBTEV36v3re3AUG5ygmA4zQih$" target="_blank">https://sofheyman.org/events/celebrating-recent-work-by-susan-boynton</a></div></div><div><br></div></div><div><br></div><span class="gmail_signature_prefix">-- </span><br><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div>Sincerely,</div><div><br></div>Susan Boynton<div>Professor of Music</div><div><a href="https://music.columbia.edu/bios/susan-boynton" target="_blank">music.columbia.edu/bios/susan-boynton</a><br><div>Director, The University Seminars, <a href="http://universityseminars.columbia.edu" target="_blank">universityseminars.columbia.edu</a></div><div><a href="https://universityseminars.columbia.edu/our-director/" target="_blank">https://universityseminars.columbia.edu/our-director/</a></div><div>Director, Medieval and Renaissance Studies, <a href="http://medren.columbia.edu" target="_blank">medren.columbia.edu</a></div></div><div><br></div></div></div></div>