Royal courts in dynastic states and empires : a global perspective
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Royal courts in dynastic states and empires : a global perspective
（Rulers & elites : comparative studies in governance, v. 1）
Brill, 2011
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In recent decades the history of premodern states and empires has undergone major revision. At the heart of this process stood the court, encompassing the household as well as government institutions. This volume for the first time brings together the fruits of research on royal courts from antiquity to the modern world, from Asia to Europe. The authors are acknowledged specialists in their own fields, but they address themes relevant for all courts: the inner and outer dimensions of court architecture as well as staff organizations; the connections between court, capital, and realm; the relationship of the ruler with relatives and other elites. This volume pioneers comparative history combining a rich empirical orientation with a critical assessment of theoretical perspectives.
This title is available online in its entirety in Open Access
Contributors: Tulay Artan, Gojko Barjamovic, Peter Fibiger Bang, Jeroen Duindam, Sabine Dabringhaus, Nadia Maria El Cheikh, Ebba Koch, Metin Kunt, Paul Magdalino, Rosamond McKitterick, Ruth Macrides, Rolf Strootman, Isenbike Togan, Maria Antonietta Visceglia, and Andrew Wallace-Hadrill.
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Royal Courts in Dynastic States and Empires, Jeroen Duindam
FROM ASSYRIA TO ROME
Pride, Pomp and Circumstance: Palace, Court and Household in Assyria 879 - 612 BCE, Gojko Barjamovic
Hellenistic Court Society: The Seleukid Imperial Court under Antiochos the Great, 223-187 BCE, Rolf Strootman
The Roman Imperial Court: Seen and Unseen in the Performance of Power, Andrew Wallace-Hadrill
Court and State in the Roman Empire - Domestication and Tradition in Comparative Perspective, Peter Fibiger Bang
SUCCESSORS AND PARALLELS IN EAST AND WEST
Court and Capital in Byzantium, Paul Magdalino
A King on the Move: The Place of an Itinerant Court in Charlemagne's Government, Rosamond McKitterick
Court Historiography in Early Tang China: Assigning a Place to History and Historians at the Palace, Isenbike Togan
To be a Prince in the Fourth/Tenth-Century Abbasid Court, Nadia Maria El Cheikh
Ceremonies and the City: The Court in Fourteenth-Century Constantinople, Ruth Macrides
THE EARLY MODERN WORLD
The Pope's Household and Court in the Early Modern Age, Maria Antonietta Visceglia
The Monarch and Inner-Outer Court Dualism in Late Imperial China, Sabine Dabringhaus
Turks in the Ottoman Imperial Palace, I. Metin Kunt
The Mughal Audience Hall: A Solomonic Revival of Persepolis in Form of a Mosque, Ebba Koch
Royal Weddings and the Grand Vezirate: Institutional and Symbolic Change in the Early Eighteenth Century, Tulay Artan
Versailles, Vienna, and Beyond: Changing Views of Household and Government in Early Modern Europe, Jeroen Duindam
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