Perspectives on the honours systems
Subtitle: proceedings of the symposiums Swedish and Russian Orders 1700-2000 & the Honour of Diplomacy
By: edited by Antti Matikkala & Staffan Rosén
Series: KVHAA handlingar Historiska serien -- 29; Kungl. Vitterhets historie och antikvitets akademiens handlingar -- 29
Publisher: Royal Swedish Academy of Letters, History and Antiquities
Published: 2015
Place of publication: Stockholm, Sweden
Language: eng
Number of pages: 322
ISBN-13: 9789174024302
Subjects: Orders of knighthood and chivalry; History; Congresses; Decorations of honor
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: The Swedish orders of knighthood and their origins; title: Orders of knighthood as instruments of diplomacy; title: Materiality of honours; title: The old world and its legacy during the first half of the twentieth century; title: Far Eastern perspectives; title: Current practices.