Holy Rulers and Blessed Princesses
Subtitle: Dynastic Cults in Medieval Central Europe (Past and Present Publications)
Contributors: Eva Pálmai (Translator)
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: August 20, 2007
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 511
ISBN-13: 9780521038997
Subjects: European history: c 500 to c 1500; c 1000 CE to c 1500; History; History - General History; History: World; Central Europe; Eastern Europe; Christianity - History - General; Medieval; History / Europe / General; History : Medieval; Kings and rulers--Religious aspects--Christia; Kings and rulers--Religious aspects--Christianity--History--To 1500; Religion : Christianity - History - General; Europe - General
First sentence: When on a visit to St Helena Napoleon's friend Gourgaud mentioned that in China, people used to revere the emperor as a god, the banished sovereign retorted: 'And that is how it should be, everywhere'.