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In general '''spectacle''' refers to an event that is memorable for the appearance it creates. Derived in Old English from c.1340 as "specially prepared or arranged display" it was borrowed from from Old French ''spectacle'', itself a reflection of the [[Latin]] ''spectaculum'' "a show" from ''spectare'' "to view, watch" frequentative form of ''specere'' "to look at.[http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?search=spectacle&searchmode=none] The term "spectacle" has also been a term of art in [[theater]] dating from the 17th century in [[English language|English]] [[drama]].  

In general '''spectacle''' refers to an event that is memorable for the appearance it creates. Derived in Old English from c.1340 as "specially prepared or arranged display" it was borrowed from from Old French ''spectacle'', itself a reflection of the [[Latin]] ''spectaculum'' "a show" from ''spectare'' "to view, watch" frequentative form of ''specere'' "to look at.[https://www.etymonline.com/index.php?search=spectacle&searchmode=none] The term "spectacle" has also been a term of art in [[theater]] dating from the 17th century in [[English language|English]] [[drama]].  

==Ancient cultural origins==

==Ancient cultural origins==

The term was borrowed from the Roman practice of staging [[Circus]]es, in the rather famous philosophy of the [[Rome|Roman]] elite of "Bread and Circuses" to maintain civil order due to the an inability to solve underlying social and economic problems.[http://www.periclespress.com/Rome.html]

The term was borrowed from the Roman practice of staging [[Circus]]es, in the rather famous philosophy of the [[Rome|Roman]] elite of "Bread and Circuses" to maintain civil order due to the an inability to solve underlying social and economic problems.[https://www.periclespress.com/Rome.html]

<center>For lessons on the related [[topic]] of '''''[[Sensationalism]]''''', follow [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Category:Sensationalism '''''this link'''''].</center>

<center>For lessons on the related [[topic]] of '''''[[Sensationalism]]''''', follow [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Category:Sensationalism '''''this link'''''].</center>

==Citations and notes==

==Citations and notes==

#[http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?search=spectacle&searchmode=none Online Etymological Dictionary]

#[https://www.etymonline.com/index.php?search=spectacle&searchmode=none Online Etymological Dictionary]

#[http://www.periclespress.com/Rome.html Bread and Circuses]

#[https://www.periclespress.com/Rome.html Bread and Circuses]

==External links==

==External links==

* [http://www.holonet.khm.de/visual_alchemy/lumiere.html Holonet on the Lumière Brothers] retrieved August 1, 2005.

* [https://www.holonet.khm.de/visual_alchemy/lumiere.html Holonet on the Lumière Brothers] retrieved August 1, 2005.

* Milton, John.  [http://www.mith.umd.edu/comus/final/ An online critical edition of ''Comus''] retrieved July 30, 2005.

* Milton, John.  [https://www.mith.umd.edu/comus/final/ An online critical edition of ''Comus''] retrieved July 30, 2005.

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