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. These specially commissioned essays address the central problem in the understanding of royal rituals, the relation between power and ceremonial. These contributions, from historians and anthropologists, examine a wide range of societies.
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"This is a collection of fascinating studies, ranging from Babylon to 20th-century Ghana, from China to Madagascar...Professional historians of the modern period, as well as others, would do well to take ritual seriously." The London Review of Books
"Such a diverse collection of essays on so rich a subject can only be welcomed." Times Literary Supplement
"Such a diverse collection of essays on so rich a subject can only be welcomed." Times Literary Supplement
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Comprised of contributions from historians and anthropologists, this collection of essays examines a wide range of societies in an analysis of the relationship between power and ceremony as expressed through the observance of royal rituals from ancient to contemporary times.
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Power is like the wind: we cannot see it, but we feel its force. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
henceforth abbr, state ritual programme, tenurial autonomy, general service officials, ploughing rite, propitious rituals, imperial funerals, divine recipient, ritual agencies, imperial apotheosis, royal bath, sacrificial fee, tenurial status, ritual scholars, living emperor, inauguration rituals, religious gifts, royal ritual, noble funerals, ritual code, authoritative relations, imperial ceremony, akitu festival, imperial rituals, black stools Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Book of Ceremonies, Charles the Bald, Black Stools, Julius Caesar, New Year Festival, Louis the Pious, Campus Martius, Mount T'ai, Annales Bertiniani, Old Testament, Queen Mother, Prithvi Narayan Shah, Carolingian Renaissance, New York, Averil Cameron, Old Persian, Dio Ivi, Septimius Severus, Shen Nung, Antoninus Pius, Cyrus of Persia, East India Company, Hincmar of Rheims, Hou Chi, Liu Ho-tung New!
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Power is like the wind: we cannot see it, but we feel its force. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
henceforth abbr, state ritual programme, tenurial autonomy, general service officials, ploughing rite, propitious rituals, imperial funerals, divine recipient, ritual agencies, imperial apotheosis, royal bath, sacrificial fee, tenurial status, ritual scholars, living emperor, inauguration rituals, religious gifts, royal ritual, noble funerals, ritual code, authoritative relations, imperial ceremony, akitu festival, imperial rituals, black stools Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Book of Ceremonies, Charles the Bald, Black Stools, Julius Caesar, New Year Festival, Louis the Pious, Campus Martius, Mount T'ai, Annales Bertiniani, Old Testament, Queen Mother, Prithvi Narayan Shah, Carolingian Renaissance, New York, Averil Cameron, Old Persian, Dio Ivi, Septimius Severus, Shen Nung, Antoninus Pius, Cyrus of Persia, East India Company, Hincmar of Rheims, Hou Chi, Liu Ho-tung New!
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- Rituals and Power: The Roman Imperial Cult in Asia Minor by S. R. F. Price on 4 pages
- Divus Julius by Weinstock on 4 pages
- The Invention of Tradition (Canto) by Eric Hobsbawm in Front Matter, page 118, and Back Matter
- The Age of Charlemagne by Donald A. Bullough on page 137, page 155, and page 157
- Death and the Regeneration of Life by Maurice Bloch on page 272, and page 285
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- State and Society in Pre-colonial Asante (African Studies) by T. C. McCaskie in Back Matter (1), Back Matter (2), and Back Matter (3)
- Politics and the People: A Study in English Political Culture, 1815-1867 by James Vernon in Back Matter (1), Back Matter (2), and Back Matter (3)
- Ritual Theory, Ritual Practice by Catherine Bell on page 149, page 232, and Back Matter
- Legitimating Identities: The Self-Presentations of Rulers and Subjects by Rodney Barker on page 52, Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Women of Byzantium by Carolyn L. Connor in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
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