Holy Rulers and Blessed Princesses
Subtitle: Dynastic Cults in Medieval Central Europe (Past and Present Publications)
Contributors: Eva Pálmai (Translator)
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: April 8, 2002
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 512
ISBN-13: 9780521420181
Subjects: European history: c 500 to c 1500; c 1000 CE to c 1500; Europe, Central; Christianity - History - General; Religious aspects; History - General History; Kings and rulers; History: World; Central Europe; Eastern Europe; History; Europe - General; Medieval; History / Europe / General; Kings and rulers--Religious aspects--Christianity--History--To 1500; Christianity; Religion - Church History; To 1500; Christian saints; Cult; Hungary
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'.