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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... century Europe ; and the more recent rites of rulers and personality cults in Communist Russia , Nazi Germany and Fascist Italy . 14 10 S. R. F. Price , Rituals and Power : The Roman Imperial Cult in Asia Minor ( Cambridge , 1984 ) . 11 ...
... century Europe ; and the more recent rites of rulers and personality cults in Communist Russia , Nazi Germany and Fascist Italy . 14 10 S. R. F. Price , Rituals and Power : The Roman Imperial Cult in Asia Minor ( Cambridge , 1984 ) . 11 ...
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... century ago , ' a princely marriage is the brilliant edition of a universal fact , and , as such , it rivets mankind ' . 16 In this case it most certainly , and emphatically , did . Kings may no longer rule by divine right ; but the ...
... century ago , ' a princely marriage is the brilliant edition of a universal fact , and , as such , it rivets mankind ' . 16 In this case it most certainly , and emphatically , did . Kings may no longer rule by divine right ; but the ...
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... century , after the dynasty had been weak- ened by rebellion , the social and moral functions of the ceremonial became more important . Instead of being a picture of cosmic hierarchy , the rituals were increasingly seen as a ...
... century , after the dynasty had been weak- ened by rebellion , the social and moral functions of the ceremonial became more important . Instead of being a picture of cosmic hierarchy , the rituals were increasingly seen as a ...
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... century old ; the cult of Lenin is even less venerable ; and the Nuremberg Rallies lasted barely a decade . In ... centuries ) ; they are concerned with the ways in which ceremonial evolves and develops , changes and decays ; and they ...
... century old ; the cult of Lenin is even less venerable ; and the Nuremberg Rallies lasted barely a decade . In ... centuries ) ; they are concerned with the ways in which ceremonial evolves and develops , changes and decays ; and they ...
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... century democracies ' , Keynes once wrote , ' is in part attributable to their failure to invest the state with ceremonial . 22 Politicians may be forgiven for occasionally conceiv- ing power so narrowly ; but students of society would ...
... century democracies ' , Keynes once wrote , ' is in part attributable to their failure to invest the state with ceremonial . 22 Politicians may be forgiven for occasionally conceiv- ing power so narrowly ; but students of society would ...
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