Rituals of Royalty: Power and Ceremonial in Traditional Societies.
Adrian C. Mayer|David Cannadine|Simon Price
List of illustrations Notes on contributors Acknowledgements Introduction: divine rites kings David Cannadine 1. Usurpation, conquest and ceremonial: from Babylon to Persia Amelie Kuhrt 2. From noble funerals cult: the consecration Roman emperors Simon Price 3. The construction court ritual: Byzantine Book Ceremonies Averil Cameron 4. Lord's anointed people's choice: Carolingian royal ritual Janet L. Nelson 5. Bureaucrats cosmology: code T'ang China McMullen 6. Gifts gods: power, property ceremonial in Nepal Richard Burghart 7. bath Madagascar: dissolution death, birth fertility into authority Maurice Bloch 8. person king: power a Ghanaian state Michelle Gilbert Index.
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