Rituals of Royalty: Power and Ceremonial in Traditional SocietiesDavid Cannadine, Simon Price Heads of state today mark their rites of passage with splendid ceremonial, from Reagan's inaugural to Andropov's funeral. Such spectacles continue to be a prominent part of modern political systems, of varied ideological hue, but their precise meaning and importance often remain unclear. The essays in this book - all specially written for it - address the central problem in the understanding of royal rituals, namely the relation between power and anthropologists, and the traditional societies examined range from ancient Babylon to nineteenth-century Madagascar, from medieval Europe to contemporary Ghana. |
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... anointed and the people's choice : Carolingian royal ritual 137 JANET L. NELSON 5 Bureaucrats and cosmology : the ritual code of T'ang China 181 DAVID MCMULLEN 6 Gifts to the gods : power , property and ceremonial in Nepal 237 RICHARD ...
... anointed and the people's choice : Carolingian royal ritual 137 JANET L. NELSON 5 Bureaucrats and cosmology : the ritual code of T'ang China 181 DAVID MCMULLEN 6 Gifts to the gods : power , property and ceremonial in Nepal 237 RICHARD ...
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... anointing and coronation rituals of the Merovingian and Carol- ingian kings in the eighth and ninth centuries . Her concern is to decide whether these ceremonials depict a Frankish kingship gradually subordinated to ecclesiastical ...
... anointing and coronation rituals of the Merovingian and Carol- ingian kings in the eighth and ninth centuries . Her concern is to decide whether these ceremonials depict a Frankish kingship gradually subordinated to ecclesiastical ...
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... anointing was derived from the Bible , and assemblies were an intrinsic part of local government . And in Ghana , the royal stools were clearly a more grandoise version of something more wide- spread and familiar . Indeed , it was ...
... anointing was derived from the Bible , and assemblies were an intrinsic part of local government . And in Ghana , the royal stools were clearly a more grandoise version of something more wide- spread and familiar . Indeed , it was ...
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Contents
Usurpation conquest and ceremonial from Babylon to Persia | 20 |
From noble funerals to divine cult the consecration of Roman Emperors | 56 |
The construction of court ritual the Byzantine Book of Ceremonies | 106 |
The Lords anointed and the peoples choice Carolingian royal ritual | 137 |
Bureaucrats and cosmology the ritual code of Tang China | 181 |
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Rituals of Royalty: Power and Ceremonial in Traditional Societies David Cannadine,S. R. F. Price No preview available - 1987 |
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Akuapem Akuropon ancestors Ankobea Annales Bertiniani anointing apotheosis Assurbanipal Augustus Averil Cameron Babylon Babylonian Black Stools blessing body Book of Ceremonies Brahman Byzantine Byzantium Caesar Campus Martius Carolingian celebrated Charlemagne Charles Charles the Bald Christian church Confucian consecration Constantine VII context court CTS ch cult Cyrus death deities destoolment divine divus dynasty eighth century Einhard élite emperor empire festival Frankish Franks gifts of land gods heaven hierarchy History honours Hsüan imperial funerals important king king's kingdom kingship London Louis the Pious Marduk medieval Merina Merovingian mohar rājā Nabonidus Nepal offered official palace period person political priest pyre realm recipient reign religious gifts rites ritual code role Roman Rome royal bath royal ritual ruler sacrifices samvat Sargon II scholars senate social society status symbolic T'ang Tang Taoism temple tenurial THY ch tomb tsung TT ch TTKYL ch TTLT ch Vazimba vols