Premodern Rulership and Contemporary Political Power: The King's Body Never Dies

In the medieval period, the monarch was seen as the embodiment of the community of his kingdom, the body politic. And while we've long since shed that view, it nonetheless continues to influence our understanding of contemporary politics. This book offers thirteen case studies from premodern an...

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Weitere Verfasser: Mroziewicz, Karolina (HerausgeberIn), Sroczynski, Aleksander (HerausgeberIn)
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Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Amsterdam Amsterdam University Press [2017]
Schriftenreihe:Central European Medieval Studies 1
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Zusammenfassung:In the medieval period, the monarch was seen as the embodiment of the community of his kingdom, the body politic. And while we've long since shed that view, it nonetheless continues to influence our understanding of contemporary politics. This book offers thirteen case studies from premodern and contemporary Europe that demonstrate the process through which political corporations—bodies politic—were and continue to be constructed and challenged. Drawing on history, archaeology, literary criticism, and art history, the contributors survey a wide geographical and chronological spectrum to offer a panoramic view of these dynamic political entities
Beschreibung:Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 23. Nov 2018)
Beschreibung:1 online resource 5 color plates, 4 halftones, 1 line drawing
ISBN:9789048533282
DOI:10.1515/9789048533282