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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... relation between power and cere- monial . We should like to thank the contributors for their forebearance during the time that this book has been in the making , and also for their co - operation in reworking successive drafts of their ...
... relation between power and cere- monial . We should like to thank the contributors for their forebearance during the time that this book has been in the making , and also for their co - operation in reworking successive drafts of their ...
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... relations . For many sociologists , politics is not confined to the doings of those in authority and the responses of those who are subordinate , but is treated more widely , as the varied means whereby hierarchies of dominance and ...
... relations . For many sociologists , politics is not confined to the doings of those in authority and the responses of those who are subordinate , but is treated more widely , as the varied means whereby hierarchies of dominance and ...
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... relationship between power and ceremonial . Is spectacle the handmaid of power , is it the other way round , or is it ... relation between the earthly order , the heavenly order , and splendour and spectacle ? Is the king an exemplary ...
... relationship between power and ceremonial . Is spectacle the handmaid of power , is it the other way round , or is it ... relation between the earthly order , the heavenly order , and splendour and spectacle ? Is the king an exemplary ...
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... relationship between power and pomp ? What is the connection between divine and terrestrial order ? But in addition , they seek to answer these questions in a specifically historical way . They have a strong sense of the particularities ...
... relationship between power and pomp ? What is the connection between divine and terrestrial order ? But in addition , they seek to answer these questions in a specifically historical way . They have a strong sense of the particularities ...
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... relationship between pomp and power is much more complex and varied than any simple formulation might suggest ; the whole notion of power as a narrow , separate and discreet category seems inappropriate and unsatisfactory ; and the idea ...
... relationship between pomp and power is much more complex and varied than any simple formulation might suggest ; the whole notion of power as a narrow , separate and discreet category seems inappropriate and unsatisfactory ; and the idea ...
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