Rituals of power: from late antiquity to the early Middle Ages
Introduction : rituals in transforming societies / Frans Theuws -- Migration period Europe / Lotte Hedeager -- The theoretical strength and practical weakness of the Visigothic monarchy of Toledo / Pablo Diaz and Ma. R. Valverde -- Kingship rituals and ideology in Lombard Italy / Stefano Gasparri --...
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| Format: | Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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| WorldCat: | WorldCat |
| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
| Published: |
Leiden Köln [u.a.]
Brill
2000
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| In: |
The transformation of the Roman world (8)
Year: 2000 |
| Series/Journal: | The transformation of the Roman world
8 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Europe
/ Rule
/ Ritual
/ History 500-1500
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| Further subjects: | B
Collection of essays
B History 500-1500 B Rites and ceremonies (Europe) B Europe History 392-814 B Europe B Ritual B Europe History To 476 B Rule |
| Summary: | Introduction : rituals in transforming societies / Frans Theuws -- Migration period Europe / Lotte Hedeager -- The theoretical strength and practical weakness of the Visigothic monarchy of Toledo / Pablo Diaz and Ma. R. Valverde -- Kingship rituals and ideology in Lombard Italy / Stefano Gasparri -- Imperial funerals in the later Roman Empire / Javier Arce -- Carolingian royal funerals / Janet L. Nelson -- Transformations of penance / Mayke de Jong -- The dead and their gifts / Christina La Rocca and Luigi Provero -- Frankish giving of arms and rituals of power / Régine Le Jan -- Beyond power : ceremonial exchanges in Beowulf / Jos Bazelmans -- The circulation of weapons in Anglo-Saxon society / Heinrich Härke -- A kind of mirror for men : sword depositions in late antique northern Gaul / Frans Theuws and Monica Alkemade -- Rituals of power : by way of conclusion / Janet L. Nelson |
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| Item Description: | Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Physical Description: | VIII, 503 S., Ill., Kt., 25 cm |
| ISBN: | 90-04-10902-1 |
