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...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Otros Autores: | , |
Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
Publicado: |
Amsterdam :
Amsterdam University Press,
[2017]
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Colección: | Central European medieval studies ;
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Sumario: | 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. |
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Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (429 pages) : illustrations |
Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
ISBN: | 9789048533282 9048533287 |