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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... He has published State and Scholars in T'ang China ( 1988 ) and is currently working on T'ang Dynasty ( AD 618-907 ) ritual and epigraphical sources . ix JANET L. NELSON is Reader in History at King's College Notes on contributors.
... He has published State and Scholars in T'ang China ( 1988 ) and is currently working on T'ang Dynasty ( AD 618-907 ) ritual and epigraphical sources . ix JANET L. NELSON is Reader in History at King's College Notes on contributors.
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... scholars to study . But this conceals , more than it indicates , their real importance . Many political historians - from the left and right , concerned with ruling élites or with mass movements - construe their subject rather narrowly ...
... scholars to study . But this conceals , more than it indicates , their real importance . Many political historians - from the left and right , concerned with ruling élites or with mass movements - construe their subject rather narrowly ...
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... SCHOLARLY STUDY OF POWER AND POMP Indeed , scholars from other disciplines and from other historical traditions have often argued for a much broader conception of political action , not as the decontextualised analysis of high or of low ...
... SCHOLARLY STUDY OF POWER AND POMP Indeed , scholars from other disciplines and from other historical traditions have often argued for a much broader conception of political action , not as the decontextualised analysis of high or of low ...
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... scholars , the rituals of rulers , the ' symbolics of power ' , are not mere incidental ephemera , but are central to the structure and working of any society . Indeed , Clifford Geertz has recently developed this argument to its most ...
... scholars , the rituals of rulers , the ' symbolics of power ' , are not mere incidental ephemera , but are central to the structure and working of any society . Indeed , Clifford Geertz has recently developed this argument to its most ...
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... scholarly argument . " On the other hand , such approaches have produced some quite outstanding work , have generated a considerable body of theory and ideas , and have lead to the formulation of a broad range of questions highly ...
... scholarly argument . " On the other hand , such approaches have produced some quite outstanding work , have generated a considerable body of theory and ideas , and have lead to the formulation of a broad range of questions highly ...
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