Rituals of Royalty

Power and Ceremonial in Traditional Societies

David Cannadine, Simon Price (Herausgeber)

Buch | Softcover

364 Seiten

1992
Cambridge University Press (Verlag)
978-0-521-42891-0 (ISBN)

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Heads of states mark their rites of passage with splendid ceremonial. The essays in this book ñ all specially written for it ñ address the central problem in the understanding of royal rituals, namely the relation between power and anthropologists. The traditional societies examined range from ancient Babylon to nineteenth-century Madagascar.

Heads of state today mark their rites of passage with splendid ceremonial, from Reagan's inaugural to Andropov's funeral. Such spectacles continue to be a prominent part of modern political systems, of varied ideological hue, but their precise meaning and importance often remain unclear. The essays in this book - all specially written for it - address the central problem in the understanding of royal rituals, namely the relation between power and anthropologists, and the traditional societies examined range from ancient Babylon to nineteenth-century Madagascar, from medieval Europe to contemporary Ghana.

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

Erscheint lt. Verlag	23.4.1992
Reihe/Serie	Past and Present Publications
Zusatzinfo	Worked examples or Exercises
Verlagsort	Cambridge
Sprache	englisch
Maße	139 x 217 mm
Gewicht	478 g
Themenwelt	Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Kulturgeschichte
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Ethnologie ► Volkskunde
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie
ISBN-10	0-521-42891-2 / 0521428912
ISBN-13	978-0-521-42891-0 / 9780521428910
Zustand	Neuware