ISBN:
9783847008873
Language:
English
Pages:
1 online resource (211 pages)
Edition:
1st ed.
Series Statement:
Macht und Herrschaft v.2
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als
DDC:
302.23
Keywords:
Audiences-History
;
Audiences ; History
;
Electronic books
Abstract:
Intro -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Table of Contents -- Body -- Series Editors' Preface -- Eva Orthmann / Anna Kollatz: Introduction -- Bibliography -- Websites -- Alexander Pruß: Robes of honor and blindfolded petitioners. Audiences in the Ancient Near East -- 1. Ancient Near Eastern States and their rulers -- 2. Limitations of the Mesopotamian tradition: What do the texts and images tell and what not? -- 3. Hammurabi's court at Babylon -- 3.1. Meal in front of the king -- 3.2. General audience -- 3.3. Private audiences -- 3.4. The king's council -- 4. Location of Audiences -- 5. Audiences in the Amarna letters -- 6. The ˋword of the king': Demanding an audience in Neo-Assyrian times -- Bibliography -- Sources -- Literature -- Alexander Beihammer: Ceremonies and court rituals in Byzantine Imperial Audiences in the time of the First Crusade -- Bibliography -- Sources -- Literature -- Dittmar Dahlmann: "Not much was eaten, but they were rowdy drinkers." Reports by foreigners on receptions and audiences at the Tsar's Court in the 16th and 17th centuries -- Bibliography -- Sources -- Literature -- Eva Orthmann: "It was a day of great splendor." Audiences at the Ghaznavid court -- 1. Introduction -- 2. 'Ta'rikh-i Baihaqī' -- 3. Types of audiences and nomenclature -- 4. The formal audience: bār -- 5. Elements of representation -- 6. Robes of honor -- 7. Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Sources -- Literature -- Anna Kollatz: Where is ˋthe audience'? Who is ˋthe audience'? Approaching Mughal spaces of social interaction -- Bibliography -- Sources -- Literature -- Ebba Koch: The Mughal audience hall. A Solomonic revival of Persepolis in the form of a mosque -- 1. Shāh Jahān's Court -- 2. Court Ceremonial and its Buildings -- 3. The Audience Halls -- 4. Function of the Audience Halls.
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