Royal Courts In Dynastic States And Empires
Jeroen Duindam
At the heart of any royal court stands a ruler, more often male than female. The ruler is accompanied by close relatives, friends, and servants in various capacities. Over four years, management committee consisting representatives fifteen countries had opportunity to organize two conferences year, bringing together specialists studying wide range empires. Comparison can be successful only if our knowledge all elements compared roughly equal. Ottoman, late imperial Chinese early modern European courts, on other hand, have an immensely rich legacy written sources addition buildings artefacts. Dynastic power based transmission from generation generation; spouses, mothers, heirs siblings are building blocks dynasticism. Keywords: dynastic power; dynasticism; empires; courts;
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