Rituals of royalty : power and ceremonial in traditional societies /
Cannadine, David,1950-
Price, S. R. F.
Cambridge [Cambridgeshire] ; New York : Cambridge University Press,
1987.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Usurpation, conquest, and ceremonial / Amélie Kuhrt -- From noble funerals to divine cult / Simon Price -- The construction of court ritual / Averil Cameron -- The Lord's anointed and the people's choice / Janet L. Nelson -- Bureaucrats and cosmology / David McMullen -- Gifts to the gods / Richard Burghart -- The ritual of the royal bath in Madagascar / Maurice Bloch -- The person of the king / Michelle Gilbert.
Rites and ceremonies
Kings and rulers
Power (Social sciences)