ISBN:
0631226966
,
0631226958
,
9781281309631
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0470693630
,
9780631226963
,
9780631226956
,
9780470693636
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (xiii, 193 p)
,
ill
,
24 cm
Edition:
Online-Ausg. Palo Alto, Calif ebrary 2009 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
Series Statement:
New perspectives on the past
Parallel Title:
Print version Kingship
DDC:
321/.6/09
Keywords:
Kings and rulers History
Abstract:
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
Description / Table of Contents:
Prologue : matters of perspectiveGate 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.
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
,
Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
DOI:
10.1002/9780470693636
URL:
Volltext
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URL:
Volltext
(URL des Erstveröffentlichers)
URL:
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/book/10.1002/9780470693636
