| Description |
xiii, 193 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. |
| Series |
New perspectives on the past
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New perspectives on the past (Basil Blackwell Publisher)
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
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. |
| Subject |
Kings and rulers -- History.
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Kings and rulers. |
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History. |
| ISBN |
0631226966 paperback alkaline paper |
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0631226958 hardcover alkaline paper |
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9780631226956 hardcover alkaline paper |
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9780631226963 paperback alkaline paper |
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