description: The contributors to this collection offer seven case studies that treat different aspects of political and ritual legitimation in China and Europe over the past two millennia. With a primary focus on crisis and change, the contributors analyze how rulers and states work to produce a popular political consensus that accepts their rule.
language: English
title: The Legitimation of New Orders: Case Studies in World History
titlecomplete: The Legitimation of New Orders: Case Studies in World History
publisher: The Chinese University of Hong Kong Press