Kingship : the politics of enchantment / Francis Oakley.
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TextSeries: New perspectives on the past (Basil Blackwell Publisher)Publication details: Malden, MA : Blackwell Pub., 2006Description: xiii, 193 p. : ill. ; 24 cmISBN: 0631226958 (hardcover : alk. paper); 0631226966 (pbk. : alk. paper); 9780631226956; 9780631226963Subject(s): Kings and rulers -- HistoryDDC classification: 321/.6/09 LOC classification: JC375 | .O35 2006Online resources: Table of contents | Item type | Current library | Collection | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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University of Macedonia Library Βιβλιοστάσιο Α (Stack Room A) | Main Collection | JC375.O35 2006 (Browse shelf (Opens below)) | 1 | Available | 0013100357 |
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Prologue : matters of perspective -- Gate of the gods : archaic and global patterns of cosmic kingship -- Royal saviors and shepherds : Hellenistic, Roman, biblical, and Islamic 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 -- The sacrality of 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.
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