ISBN-13: 9783847110880 / Niemiecki / Twarda / 2019 / 458 str.
ISBN-13: 9783847110880 / Niemiecki / Twarda / 2019 / 458 str.
While discontent could lead to insurrection and rebellion, which normally only culminated in the ruler being replaced by another monarchical figurehead, the subtler methods of voicing criticism were applied within a framework of legality, of a set of customs or of a code of rules of the game and intended to improve the performance of the incumbent or reform his conduct at court. The various forms of verbal or staged censure of rulers in pre-modern monarchical societies are the subject of this volume. Challenge the Ruler - Individual acts, Resistance and Institutionalized Routine