| Description |
1 online resource (xiii, 193 pages) : illustrations |
| Series |
New perspectives on the past |
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New perspectives on the past (Basil Blackwell Publisher)
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| Contents |
Prologue : matters of perspective -- Gate of the gods : archaic and global patterns of cosmic kingship -- Royal saviors and shepherds : Hellenistic, Roman, biblical, and Islamic views of kingship -- The Eusebian accommodation : Christian rulership in imperial Rome, Byzantium, and Russia -- The Carolingian accommodation : Christian rulership in the Germanic successor kingdoms of Western Europe -- The sacrality of kingship in medieval and early modern Europe : papal, imperial, national -- The fading nimbus : modern kingship and its fate in a disenchanted world -- Epilogue : survivals and revivals |
| Summary |
From despots to powerless figureheads, and from the Neolithic era to the present, this book traces the history of kingship around the world and the tenacity of its connection with the sacred.Considers the many forms that kingship took during this period, including: the Pharaohs of ancient Egypt; the emperors of Japan; the Maya rulers of Mesoamerica; the medieval popes and emperors; and the English and French monarchs of early modern Europe Explores the panoply of governing roles that kingship involved - administrative, military, judicial, economic, religious and symbolic - but |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Kings and rulers -- History.
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| Genre/Form |
History.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Wiley InterScience (Online service)
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| ISBN |
0470692898 (electronic bk.) |
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0470693630 |
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9780470692899 (electronic bk.) |
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9780470693636 |
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(hardcover ; alk. paper) |
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(paperback; alk. paper) |
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