Rituals of royalty
Subtitle: power and ceremonial in traditional societies
By: edited by David Cannadine and Simon Price.
Contributors: Cannadine, David, 1950-; Price, S. R. F.
Series: Past and present publications
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 1987
Place of publication: Cambridge [Cambridgeshire]; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 351
Subjects: Rites and ceremonies -- Cross-cultural studies; Kings and rulers -- Cross-cultural studies; Power (Social sciences) -- Cross-cultural studies
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Usurpation, conquest, and ceremonial / Amélie Kuhrt; title: From noble funerals to divine cult / Simon Price; title: The construction of court ritual / Averil Cameron; title: The Lord's anointed and the people's choice / Janet L. Nelson; title: Bureaucrats and cosmology / David McMullen; title: Gifts to the gods / Richard Burghart; title: The ritual of the royal bath in Madagascar / Maurice Bloch; title: The person of the king / Michelle Gilbert.