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From despots to powerless figureheads, and from the Neolithic era to the present, this book traces the history of kingship around the world and the tenacity of its connection with the sacred.Considers the many forms that kingship took during this period, including: the Pharaohs of ancient Egypt; the emperors of Japan; the Maya rulers of Mesoamerica; the medieval popes and emperors; and the English and French monarchs of early modern Europe Explores the panoply of governing roles that show more kingship involved - administrative, military, judicial, economic, religious and symbolic - but show lessTags
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Francis Oakley is the Edward Dorr Griffin Professor of the History of Ideas and President Emeritus of Williams College, Massachusetts, as well as President Emeritus of the American Council of Learned Societies, New York.
Series
Common Knowledge
- Canonical title
- Kingship
- Original publication date
- 2006
Classifications
- Genres
- Nonfiction, History, Politics and Government
- DDC/MDS
- 321.6 — Society, government, & culture Political science Systems of governments and states Absolute monarchy [formerly : Absolutism]
- LCC
- JC375 .O35 — Political Science Political theory Political theory. The state. Theories of the state Forms of the state
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- 19
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- Languages
- English
- Media
- Paper, Ebook
- ISBNs
- 4
