Rituals of royalty : power and ceremonial in traditional societies / edited by David Cannadine and Simon Price.

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TextSeries: Past and present publicationsPublication details: Cambridge [Cambridgeshire] ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1987.Description: xi, 351 p. : ill. ; 23 cmISBN:

0521335132

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DDC classification:

390.22 19

LOC classification:

GT5010 .R56 1987

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Contents:

Usurpation, conquest, and ceremonial / AmeÃÅlie Kuhrt -- From noble funerals to divine cult / Simon Price -- The construction of court ritual / Averil Cameron -- The Lord's anointed and the people's choice / Janet L. Nelson -- Bureaucrats and cosmology / David McMullen -- Gifts to the gods / Richard Burghart -- The ritual of the royal bath in Madagascar / Maurice Bloch -- The person of the king / Michelle Gilbert.

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Book	University Library	Non-Circulation	GT5010 R56 1987 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		3UPML00031758

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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