Royal courts in dynastic states and empires : a global perspective /

Royal courts in dynastic states and empires : a global perspective /

"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 an...

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Other Authors: Duindam, Jeroen Frans Jozef, 1962-, Artan, Tülay, Kunt, İ. Metin, 1942-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, ©2011.
Series:Rulers & elites ; v. 1.
Subjects:
Courts and courtiers > History.
Royal houses > History.
History.
Online Access:CONNECT
Table of Contents:
  • Royal courts in dynastic states and empires
  • 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 / İ. Metin Kunt
  • The Mughal audience hall: a Solomonic revival of persepolis in the form of a mosque / Ebba Koch
  • Royal weddings and the grand Vezirate: institutional and symbolic change in the early eighteenth century / Tülay Artan
  • Versailles, Vienna, and beyond: changing views of household and government in early modern Europe / Jeroen Duindam.
  • Royal Courts in Dynastic States and Empires / 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 CourtvNadia 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 / İ. Metin Kunt
  • The Mughal Audience Hall: A Solomonic Revival of Persepolis in the Form of a MosquevEbba Koch
  • Royal Weddings and the Grand Vezirate: Institutional and Symbolic Change in the Early Eighteenth Century / Tülay Artan
  • Versailles, Vienna, and Beyond: Changing Views of Household and Government in Early Modern Europe / Jeroen Duindam.

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