Kingship: the politics of enchantment
Francis Oakley
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Title and Author
Kingship: the politics of enchantment / Francis OakleyPublication Details
مالدن : Blackwell Pub، 2006مPhysical Description
xiii, 193 p.; 25 cm.Subject
Kings and rulers Historyseries
(New perspectives on the past (Basil Blackwell Publisher)؛ )Language
انگلیسیIncludes 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 Qur'anic 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 -- Sacral 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