wyszukanych pozycji: 8
Dynasties
ISBN: 9781107637580 / Angielski / Miękka / 2015 / 435 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. A vibrant and broad-ranging study of dynastic power in the late medieval and early modern world.
A vibrant and broad-ranging study of dynastic power in the late medieval and early modern world.
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161,18 zł |
Dynasties
ISBN: 9781107060685 / Angielski / Twarda / 2015 / 435 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. For thousands of years, societies have fallen under the reign of a single leader, ruling as chief, king, or emperor. In this fascinating global history of medieval and early modern dynastic power, Jeroen Duindam charts the rise and fall of dynasties, the rituals of rulership, and the contested presence of women on the throne. From European, African, Mughal, Ming-Qing and Safavid dynasties to the Ottoman Empire, Tokugawa Japan and Chos n Korea, he reveals the tension between the ideals of kingship and the lives of actual rulers, the rich variety of arrangements for succession, the households...
For thousands of years, societies have fallen under the reign of a single leader, ruling as chief, king, or emperor. In this fascinating global histor...
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424,80 zł |
Vienna and Versailles
ISBN: 9780521714761 / Angielski / Miękka / 2007 / 392 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. Drawing together a wealth of unpublished material in a comparative framework, this volume recreates the life of the courtiers and servants of the imperial court in Vienna and the royal court in Paris-Versailles from the sixteenth to the eighteenth century. It reveals how the royal households operated at the heart of the early modern state and offers original approaches to understanding statebuilding and the concept of "absolutism."
Drawing together a wealth of unpublished material in a comparative framework, this volume recreates the life of the courtiers and servants of the impe...
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302,85 zł |
Dynasty: A Very Short Introduction
ISBN: 9780198809081 / Angielski / Miękka / 2020 / 160 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. Combining history and anthropology in a global examination of families and power, this book connects medieval kings and queens to contemporary family business empires. Its sweeping overview of five millennia of rulership uncovers recurring predicaments of bloodline succession, and sheds light on divergence and change in dynastic practice.
Combining history and anthropology in a global examination of families and power, this book connects medieval kings and queens to contemporary family ...
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49,18 zł |
Royal Courts in Dynastic States and Empires: A Global Perspective
ISBN: 9789004206229 / Angielski / Twarda / 2011 / 460 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. In recent decades the history of premodern states and empires has undergone major revision. At the heart of this process stood the court, encompassing the household as well as government institutions. This volume for the first time brings together the fruits of research on royal courts from antiquity to the modern world, from Asia to Europe. The authors are acknowledged specialists in their own fields, but they address themes relevant for all courts: the inner and outer dimensions of court architecture as well as staff organizations; the connections between court, capital, and realm; the...
In recent decades the history of premodern states and empires has undergone major revision. At the heart of this process stood the court, encompassing...
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742,90 zł |
Prince, Pen, and Sword: Eurasian Perspectives
ISBN: 9789004315709 / Angielski / Twarda / 2018 / 668 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. |
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829,28 zł |
The Dynastic Centre and the Provinces: Agents & Interactions
ISBN: 9789004251489 / Angielski / Twarda / 2014 / 256 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. Maintaining the connections between the dynastic court and the provinces was a major challenge for pre-modern governments. The allegiance of governors shifted easily from the centre to the provinces. Ritual and festive occasions, equally important to generate cohesion, were rarely shaped wholly by either side. Agents & Interactions examines these connections in late imperial China, early modern Europe, and the Ottoman empire. Contributions highlight the different and evolving notions of the governor, the choreography of rulers touring their realm, and the interpretations of sources...
Maintaining the connections between the dynastic court and the provinces was a major challenge for pre-modern governments. The allegiance of governors...
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587,41 zł |
Law and Empire: Ideas, Practices, Actors
ISBN: 9789004245297 / Angielski / Twarda / 2013 / 348 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. Law and Empire provides a comparative view of legal practices in Asia and Europe, from Antiquity to the eighteenth century. It relates the main principles of legal thinking in Chinese, Islamic, and European contexts to practices of lawmaking and adjudication. In particular, it shows how legal procedure and legal thinking could be used in strikingly different ways. Rulers could use law effectively as an instrument of domination; legal specialists built their identity, livelihood and social status on their knowledge of law; and non-elites exploited the range of legal fora available to...
Law and Empire provides a comparative view of legal practices in Asia and Europe, from Antiquity to the eighteenth century. It relates the main...
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639,24 zł |