Title Rituals of royalty : power and ceremonial in traditional societies / edited by David Cannadine and Simon Price

Published Cambridge [Cambridgeshire] ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1987

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Description xi, 351 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm Series Past and present publications Past and present publications. Contents Usurpation, conquest, and ceremonial / Amélie Kuhrt -- From noble funerals to divine cult / Simon Price -- The construction of court ritual / Averil Cameron -- The Lord's anointed and the people's choice / Janet L. Nelson -- Bureaucrats and cosmology / David McMullen -- Gifts to the gods / Richard Burghart -- The ritual of the royal bath in Madagascar / Maurice Bloch -- The person of the king / Michelle Gilbert Analysis Royal ceremonies to 1985 Royal ceremonies, to 1985 Notes Includes index Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Subject Kings and rulers -- Cross-cultural studies. Kings and rulers. Power (Social sciences) -- Cross-cultural studies. Rites and ceremonies -- Cross-cultural studies. Rites and ceremonies -- History. Rites and ceremonies. Author Cannadine, David, 1950- Price, S. R. F. LC no. 86029881 ISBN 0521335132 0521428912 9780521335133 9780521428910

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