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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... 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 BURGHART 7 The ritual of the royal bath in ...
... 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 BURGHART 7 The ritual of the royal bath in ...
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... royal , republican and civic spectacles in late nineteenth - 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 ...
... royal , republican and civic spectacles in late nineteenth - 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 ...
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... royal power and royal ceremonial in societies which are far removed from our own in time and space , yet which are in some ways much closer to us than we might suppose . In her study of ancient Babylon , Amélie Kuhrt looks at royal ...
... royal power and royal ceremonial in societies which are far removed from our own in time and space , yet which are in some ways much closer to us than we might suppose . In her study of ancient Babylon , Amélie Kuhrt looks at royal ...
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... royal ceremonial , was in the perspective of the Frankish community , neither elevated in majesty above his people , nor cowed into submission by the church . Indeed , it was the abiding strength , of the Frankish monarchy ...
... royal ceremonial , was in the perspective of the Frankish community , neither elevated in majesty above his people , nor cowed into submission by the church . Indeed , it was the abiding strength , of the Frankish monarchy ...
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... royal bath , which was simultaneously an expres- sion of cosmic order , of royal authority , and of national corpo- rateness . This account then forms the basis for an extended critique of Clifford Geertz's analysis of Bali . In the ...
... royal bath , which was simultaneously an expres- sion of cosmic order , of royal authority , and of national corpo- rateness . This account then forms the basis for an extended critique of Clifford Geertz's analysis of Bali . In the ...
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