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Rituals of royalty : power and ceremonial in traditional societies / edited by David Cannadine and Simon Price.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Past and present publications
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Rites and ceremonies--Cross-cultural studies.
- Rites and ceremonies.
- Kings and rulers--Cross-cultural studies.
- Kings and rulers.
- Power (Social sciences)--Cross-cultural studies.
- Power (Social sciences).
- Cross-cultural studies.
- Physical Description:
- xi, 351 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge [Cambridgeshire] ; New York : Cambridge University Press, [1987]
- Contents:
- Usurpation, conquest, and ceremonial / Amélie Kuhrt
- From noble funerals to divine cult / Simon Price
- The construction of court ritual / Averil Cameron
- The Lord's anointed and the people's choice / Janet L. Nelson
- Bureaucrats and cosmology / David McMullen
- Gifts to the gods / Richard Burghart
- The ritual of the royal bath in Madagascar / Maurice Bloch
- The person of the king / Michelle Gilbert.
- Notes:
- Includes index.
- Includes bibliograpihcal references.
- ISBN:
- 0521335132
- OCLC:
- 14716232
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