The Emperor's Old Clothes: Constitutional History and the Symbolic Language of the Holy Roman Empire

ISBN-13: 9781789207989 / Angielski / Miękka / 2020 / 356 str.

Opis

For many years, scholars struggled to write the history of the constitution and political structure of the Holy Roman Empire. This book argues that this was because the political and social order could not be understood without considering the rituals and symbols that held the Empire together.